A biological sensor is a critical part of a human cell's control system that is able to trigger a number of cell activities. A type of sensor known as the…
“The beam projections have different frequencies and can be sent in different directions. The advantage is probably that the dolphin can locate the object more…
A blood protein known as surfactant protein-D (SP-D), which is mainly synthesised in the lungs, has been described as “a good predictor” of cardiovascular…
Dieticians will tell you it isn't healthy to eat late at night: it's a recipe for weight gain. In fruit flies, at least, there's another consequence: reduced…
Currently, genomic data is analyzed mainly by information specialists rather than by the biologists who designed the experiments that produce the data. GenPlay…
One of them, known as Pseudomonas putida CBB5, was found in a flowerbed outside a UI research laboratory. The research team says the discovery — and the new…
For the FRET-based sensors, a change in redox induces a conformational change in a redox-sensitive switch that links two fluorescent proteins (the donor and…
Argentine ants are taking over the world – or at least the nice temperate parts. They've spread into Mediterranean and subtropical climates across the globe in…
Protein folding has nothing to do with laundry. It is, in fact, one of the central questions in biochemistry. Protein folding is the continual and universal…
One of these researchers is Padma Rajagopalan, director of the Virginia Tech Institute of Critical Technology and Applied Science’s Center for Systems Biology…
Their findings, available in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest a potential strategy to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD),…
To date, most satellite-derived information related to the health of vegetation has come from “greenness” indicators based on reflected rather than fluorescent…
A type of sensor known as the “gating ring” can open a channel that allows a flow of potassium ions through the cell's wall or membrane — similar to the way a…
Stuart Feinstein, professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, senior author, and co-director of UCSB's Neuroscience Research Institute,…
Every creature that forages for food decides at some point that the food source they're working on is no richer than the rest of the patch and that it's time…
Their findings, reported this week in the online version of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, challenge the notion that the time it takes…
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