Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

EHEC: Scientists of Münster identify genome sequence of a comparable strain of the year 2001

Investigations shall deliver further indications as to the behavior of the current pathogenYesterday, Sunday 5th June, at 13:30 CET, scientists of the Medical…

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Exploring Early Hominin Landscape Use and Tool Patterns

So far ranging and residence patterns amongst early hominins have been indirectly inferred from morphology, stone tool sourcing, comparison to living primates…

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Unlocking E. Coli: New Insights on Antibiotic Resistance

Using latest third generation sequencing technology genetic evidence was created explaining the virulent potential and augmented antibiotic resistance of the…

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Small Change Boosts Ion Channel Function in Latest Research

Professor Claudio Grosman and research scientist Gisela Cymes published their work in the journal Nature.Nicotinic-type receptors are proteins embedded in the…

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Bloodless Worms Yield Insight on Human Blood, Parasites & Iron Deficiency

The findings, published in the journal Cell, could lead to new methods for treating age-old scourges – parasitic worm infections, which affect more than a…

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Black, White and Stinky: Explaining Bold Coloration in Skunks

Stankowich says most evolutionary research attention to date on warning coloration in animals has been paid to species like newts, poison dart frogs and…

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Bacterial Roundabouts: How MreB Shapes Cell Structure

As scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry and at the French INRA now show, MreB molecules assemble into larger units, but not – as previously…

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Dragonfly Wing Veins: Insights from Microstructure Analysis

Based on observed microstructural model and previously reported model about the main longitudinal veins and membrane, in which the former is based on the…

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Livestock Risks from Wisconsin Wolves Localized, Predictable

“It’s just hard to live alongside large carnivores. They damage crops, they kill livestock and pets, they threaten people’s safety,” says University of…

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Role of gene regulator in skeletal muscles demonstrated

Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Virginia Tech have discovered one gene regulator that maintains the fast muscle type…

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New Mechanism of Green Tea Benefits for Autoimmune Health

This may be one of the underlying mechanisms for the health benefits of green tea, which has attracted wide interest for its ability to help control…

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Caltech Builds Largest Biochemical Circuit with Synthetic DNA

But instead of electronic circuitry, life relies on biochemical circuitry—complex networks of reactions and pathways that enable organisms to function. Now,…

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Scripps Research scientists find way to block stress-related cell death

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have uncovered a potentially important new therapeutic target that could prevent…

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Algal Turf Scrubbers: Clean Water Using Sunlight Innovation

An article published in the June issue of BioScience describes the early scale-up stage of a new biotechnology with environmental benefits and possible…

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Brain Circuitry Changes Growing Up Influence Moral Development

People’s moral responses to similar situations change as they age, according to a new study at the University of Chicago that combined brain scanning,…

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Plant Biology Meets Up with Computational Wizardry

Ever since the Industrial Revolution, their environment has become more unpredictable and more extreme, at the same time as the world's population is growing….

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