Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Measuring Nano Particles: New Method Reveals Charge & Size

Prof. Krishnan has developed a new method that measures not only the size of the particles but also their electrostatic charge. Up until now it has not been…

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New Research Method Offers Deeper Insights into Microbes

Microbes, such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, are invisible to the human eye but have been identified just about everywhere on earth: in soil, water, and air….

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New Findings on Cell Receptor’s Role in T Helper 9 and Airway Inflammation

A research team led by Xian Chang Li, MD, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) Transplantation Research Center, has shed light on how a population of…

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Connectomics: Mapping the Neural Network Governing Male Roundworm Mating

The study represents a major contribution to the new field of connectomics – the effort to map the myriad neural connections in a brain, brain region or…

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Delving Into the Molecular Mechanism Behind Deep-Sea Bacteria’s Pressure Tolerance

A Japanese research team has been investigating how deep-sea bacteria adapt to such high-pressure conditions. They have identified a structural change that…

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Researchers Unveil Molecular Details of How Bacteria Propagate Antibiotic Resistance

Unfortunately, in time, these treatments also can fall prey to the same microbial ability to become drug resistant. Now, a research team at the University of…

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Massachusetts Researchers Identify Gene Behind Blindness in Infants

LCA is an inherited retinal degenerative disease characterized by reduced vision in infancy. Within the first few months of life, parents usually notice a lack…

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Shark Teeth vs. Human Teeth: Surprising Hardness Findings

The results of this research project are surprising: Although shark teeth contain 100% of a fluoride (i.e. the mineral which is also present in low…

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Gene Discovery Could Unlock Answers for Childhood Paralysis

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have now discovered that mutations in one gene cause the disease in the majority of patients with a diagnosis of…

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Tumor cells' inner workings predict cancer progression

Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center…

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Researchers Dig Through the Gene Bank to Uncover the Roots of the Evolutionary Tree

Paleontological, biochemical, and genomic studies have produced conflicting versions of the evolutionary tree. Now a team of researchers, led by a professor at…

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The first robot that mimics the water striders' jumping abilities

Scientists reported development of the agile microrobot, which could use its jumping ability to avoid obstacles on reconnaissance or other missions, in ACS…

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Researchers Decode Deadly E. Coli Strain Behind Outbreak

The deadliest E. coli outbreak ever, which caused 54 deaths and sickened more than 3,800 people, was traced to a particularly virulent strain that researchers…

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Malnutrition and Intestinal Inflammation: Unveiling Key Links

This surprising result explains food effects that have been known for centuries and provides a molecular link between malnutrition and the bacteria which live…

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Growing threats to biodiversity ‘arks’

This has been shown by a study just published in Nature by more than 200 scientists from around the world, including Mark-Oliver Rödel from the Museum für…

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New Gene Mutation Linked to Congenital Myopathy Discovered

University of Michigan researchers have discovered a new cause of congenital myopathy: a mutation in a previously uncharacterized gene, according to research…

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