Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Delivery System Developed by Boston Researchers

Now a team of researchers led by Boston University Biomedical Engineer and Chemist Mark Grinstaff has developed a unique material and drug delivery mechanism…

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Making Memories Last

The finding supports a surprising new theory about memory, and may have a profound impact on explaining other oligomer-linked functions and diseases in the…

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Capsules That Clean: New-Look Laundry Detergents Head for Supermarket Shelves

Laundry capsules that contain single doses of detergent and take up less space than conventional detergents are set to make a comeback. That’s the topic of an…

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Singapore Scientists Lead in 3D Mapping of Human Genome to Help Understand Human Diseases

The discovery was published in Cell, on 19 January 2012. The GIS is a research institute under the umbrella of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research…

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Evolutionary Geneticist Helps Find Butterfly Gene, Clue to Age-Old Question

The more-than-century-long challenge has involved a secret of the Heliconius butterfly, the orange, black, yellow, and red insect that hasn't easily…

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Liquid Lasers Enhance Detection of Cancer-Linked Genes

Their results are published in the current edition of the German journal Angewandte Chemie.This work could advance understanding of the genetic basis of…

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New Zeolite Material Could Alleviate Diesel Shortages

A recently published article in Nature Chemistry by a research team at Stockholm University and the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain presents a new…

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Ocean Ground Cleaning: Microalgae’s Morning Transformation

Every morning when the sun comes up, the ocean ground is radically cleaned. As soon as the first rays of sunlight find their way into the water, the microalgae…

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New Probiotic Bacteria Shows Promise for Use in Shellfish Aquaculture

Known to the public for their use in yogurt and other foods to improve human digestion and health, probiotic bacteria isolated from other sources can also be…

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Toxic Mushrooms Linked to Unusual Deaths in Yunnan, China

Was the consumption of toxic mushrooms responsible for a series of unusual deaths in China’s Yunnan province? A team led by Ji-Kai Liu (Beijing) has now found…

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Beetle Social Networks Reveal Insights on Natural Selection

Forked what? Yes, forked fungus beetles. Like other insects and animals, they have their own societies. Most are highly social, but some hang out in small guy…

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New Discoveries in Bright Light Purity by DOE Scientists

To the lengthy list of serendipitous discoveries – gravity, penicillin, the New World – add this: Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s…

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Cutting off the oxygen supply to serious diseases

The discovery has been published in the international journal Nature Cell Biology. It marks a significant step towards understanding the complex processes…

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Biological Time-Keeper: New Insights Into Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is characterised by excess blood glucose and increased resistance to insulin. It is the most common form of the disease and affects 300 million…

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Defects in DNA Packaging Linked to Malignant Brain Tumors

Therefore, they are regarded as the most malignant type of brain tumor. Currently available treatment methods are frequently not very effective against this…

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Blood Test Identifies Liver Damage With Less Invasiveness

The ELF test (Enhanced Liver Fibrosis test) takes approximately one hour to complete and requires only a blood sample. The process is therefore less invasive…

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