Viruses cannot only cause illnesses in humans, they also infect bacteria. Those protect themselves with a kind of ‘immune system’ which – simply put – consists…
A new study on silkmoths revealed that the insects’ ability to perceive environmental odors has been reduced after about 5000 years of domestication by humans.
According to a recent study at the University of Illinois, harvesting invasive plants for use as biofuels may sound like a great idea, but the reality poses…
This fruit contains a substance that is a deadly neurotoxin for people with kidney disease. Brazilian researchers have now isolated and identified this…
Over the past decade, advances in genetic mapping tools have provided great insight into how DNA influences cell behavior. But genetics is only half the…
In synthetic chemistry, so-called element-element bonding can be systematically exploited to assemble small building blocks to obtain structures that are more…
A team of biochemists and mathematicians have developed a sophisticated geometric model to predict how a biological molecule will interact with water…
The method combines a selective lysis step in which blood cells in the sample are destroyed, a centrifugation step to collect any bacteria or fungi in the…
UCLA biologists reported last year on the evolution of 129 primate faces in species from Central and South America. This research team now reports on the faces…
For 40 years, scientists thought they understood how certain bacteria work together to anaerobically digest biomass to produce methane gas, important in…
Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium found in the stomach. Identified in the early 1980s, it was shown to be present in patients…
Many qualitative tests that provide a simple “yes” or “no” answer (like an at-home pregnancy test) have been optimized for use in these resource-limited…
Uranium mining for the nuclear industry causes immense environmental damage, which becomes more severe as reserves are depleted.The isolation of uranium from…
Like automobiles, ribosomes must pass through “quality control” after their many components are assembled. Only then can they be taken to their destination and…
In the long term, these new findings are expected to help improve treatment options for the disease, which represents a high cost for families and society…
The secret is a stretchy polymer that coats the electrode, binds it together and spontaneously heals tiny cracks that develop during battery operation, said…
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