Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Sunflower Domestication Confirmed in U.S. by IU Biologists

Co-authors on the findings published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences include Blackman's advisor, IU Distinguished Professor of…

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Molecular Delivery Truck Transforms Gene Therapy Approach

Like strings of beads attached end-to-end on a chain, a given sequence of a protein's amino acids usually folds into a characteristic, three-dimensional…

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NYU Langone Identifies New Cancer Treatment Pathway

“We have known for a long time that blood vessels branch to give rise to new ones and that in some places of our bodies this branching occurs with a…

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Flexibility: the key to carbon capture

From power plants that capture their own carbon dioxide emissions to vehicles powered by hydrogen, clean energy applications often demand materials that can…

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Read, delete and grow

Plants coordinate growth using hormones called brassinosteroids (BR), and defects in the associated signaling pathway can result in profoundly stunted…

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Hidden Soil Fungus, Now Revealed, Is in a Class All Its Own

Researchers say it represents an entirely new class of fungi: the Archaeorhizomycetes. Like the discovery of a weird type of aquatic fungus that made headlines…

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Study Explores the Roots of Cooperation Between Plants and Fungi

Science is commonly regarded as one of the top science journals in the world.The groundbreaking study helps explain how plants were able to colonize the land…

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Stanford Discovery Reduces Risks in Stem Cell Therapy

With the right combination of growth factors, skill and patience, a laboratory tissue culture dish promises to yield therapeutic wonders. But within these…

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Salmonella stays deadly with a 'beta' version of cell behavior

Scientists say that these bacteria have modified what has long been considered typical cell behavior by using a beta form of an amino acid – as opposed to an…

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Toronto researchers first to discover new genetic clue in the development of rheumatoid arthritis

Scientists at Mount Sinai Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Toronto, University Health Network and McGill University have…

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Butterflies Imitate Neighbors to Evade Bird Predators

The greatest evolutionary thinkers, including Wallace, Bates and Darwin, have all wondered how butterflies that taste bad to birds have evolved the same…

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Newly Identified Soil Fungi Uncover Hidden Ecosystem Insights

The fungi, which have lived hidden underground for millions of years, represent a class of fungi that is new to scientists, Archaeorhizomycetes. The findings…

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Major Discovery Helps Explain How the Adult Brain Cleans out Dead Brain Cells and Produces New Ones

In humans, neurogenesis, or the formation of new neurons, largely ceases in most areas of the brain during adulthood. However, in two brain areas there is…

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A Novel Mechanism That Regulates Pro Inflammatory Cells Is Identified

New research led by Derya Unutmaz, MD associate professor, the Departments of Pathology, Medicine, and Microbiology at NYU School of Medicine and Mark Sundrud,…

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Human-Cell-Derived Model of ALS Provides a New Way to Study the Majority of Cases

ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is characterized by the death of motor neurons, which are muscle-controlling nerve cells in the spinal cord. As…

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Grasshoppers’ Simple Cells Detect Species-Specific Songs

They investigated how the auditory system of grasshoppers recognizes species-specific courtship songs and found that only three cellular interconnections are…

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