Amphibians are at home in water, but can they also sense volatile compounds in the air? “Indeed they can,” reports Stefan Schulz. Working with colleague Miguel…
A healthy genome is characterized by 23 pairs of chromosomes, and even a small change in this structure — such as an extra copy of a single chromosome — can…
The biomarker is considered particularly promising because it can detect the level of risk immediately following diagnosis. This discovery could become a…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Biochemistry recently succeeded in revealing the structure of the cellular protein degradation machinery (26S…
Mate competition by males over females is common in many animal species. During mating season male testosterone levels rise, resulting in an increase in…
The research, published recently in the Journal of Molecular Biology, provides an extremely reliable system with which to model and quantify the effect of…
Fundamental chemical processes in predecessors of our solar system are now a bit better understood: An international team led by Peter Hoppe, researcher at the…
Oxygen is also a vital element under water. In the world's oceans, however, the development of oxygen-minimum zones is an increasing trend. Among the most…
The research groups headed by Prof. Christoph Dehio and Prof. Tilman Schirmer could demonstrate that through the alteration of one single amino acid this…
Clues into the evolutionary diversification of brassicas have emerged from the draft Chinese cabbage genome sequence1. Brassica crops include many…
A research team from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Wako has visualized and accurately modeled the molecular changes that open and close the internal…
In the currently hot research area known as ‘epigenetics’, researchers are discovering that offspring inherit much more from their parents than just their…
Storage and containment of the “nuclear legacy”, the highly radiotoxic residues from spent nuclear reactors is a pressing problem for the nuclear power…
The machine must be flexible enough to move over uneven surfaces, yet not so big that it’s restricted from tight spaces. It might also be required to climb…
Mark Ungerer, associate professor of biology, has two major research projects that involve evolutionary change in sunflowers, the state flower of Kansas.”What…
In a paper published online on Jan. 18 by the journal Nature, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have mapped out a mechanism by which micronuclei could…
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