Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

NASA Caught Tropical Cyclone Hellen's Rainfall Near Peak

Tropical Cyclone Hellen formed in the Mozambique Channel northwest of Madagascar on March 28, 2014. Hellen became a very powerful tropical cyclone with peak…

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New Rapid Test Detects Fluoride Levels in Drinking Water

However, an excessively high concentration of fluoride can lead to health problems. Clear symptoms of this fluorosis, that occurs in developing countries in…

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New functions for 'junk' DNA?

DNA is the molecule that encodes the genetic instructions enabling a cell to produce the thousands of proteins it typically needs. The linear sequence of the…

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CRISPR Technique Successfully Erases Genetic Mutation

The findings, described in the March 30 issue of Nature Biotechnology, offer the first evidence that this gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, can reverse…

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Genetic Mutations Linked to Hereditary Skin Cancer Risk

Researchers have discovered that mutations in a specific gene are responsible for a hereditary form of melanoma.

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New Protein Markers Could Enhance Heart Disease Understanding

Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah, have discovered that elevated levels of two recently identified proteins in…

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Swelling Stacks: The Future of Intelligent Materials

“Intelligent” materials that can respond to external stimuli are high on the wish lists of many scientists because of their possible usefulness in various…

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NUS Researchers Developed World’s First Fluorescent Sensor to Detect Common Illicit Date Rape Drug Within Seconds

This simple mix-and-see discovery, led by Professor Chang Young-Tae of the Department of Chemistry at the NUS Faculty of Science, is a novel scientific…

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New study finds strong link between obesity and 'carb breakdown' gene

The findings, published in Nature Genetics, suggest that dietary advice may need to be more tailored to an individual's digestive system, based on whether they…

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Hormones in action: it’s all about the right partner

Thousands of regulatory regions on the genomic DNA determine which part of a cell’s genetic information is expressed and which is silent. Daria Shlyueva and…

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German Scientists Develop Brain Light Sensor to Control Nerve Cells

Questions like these might now become easier to address: Scientists at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and Humboldt University in Berlin…

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Max Planck UCL Centre Advances Brain and Behavior Research

To provide answers to these questions, the Max Planck Society and University College London have launched the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational…

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Spinning Drops of Blood: New Insights in Parasitic Infection Diagnosis

Parasitic infections like malaria and sleeping sickness affect hundreds of millions of people, primarily in the poorest regions of the world. Diagnosis of…

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Notre Dame Unveils Largest Developmental Proteomic Data Set

Bioanalytical chemist Norman Dovichi and molecular biologist Paul Huber have successfully tracked the changing patterns of protein expression during early…

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First Genome Methylation Mapping in Fruit Fly Discovered

A group of scientists from Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute and UC Berkeley report the first mapping of genome methylation in the fruit-fly…

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Cancer Cells’ Secret Hiding Spots Revealed by Scientists

Scientists from the Division of Genetics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in collaboration with Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have…

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