By measuring the properties of these enzymes, they could examine the conditions in which the extinct organisms lived. The results shed new light on how life…
Eve Wurtele, professor of genetics, development and cell biology; and Ling Li, an adjunct assistant professor and an associate scientist working in her…
If mice commuted, their brains might find it progressively harder to navigate the maze of Los Angeles freeways.A new study reveals that after short-term…
Their work, reported in the journal Chemistry & Biology, published by Cell Press, describes a new strategy to build molecular probes to visualize, measure, and…
Frequent reports of accelerating species losses invariably raise questions about why such losses matter and why we should work to conserve biodiversity.Biologists have traditionally responded to such questions by citing societal benefits that are often presumed to be offered by biodiversity–benefits like controlling pests and diseases, promoting the productivity of fisheries, and helping to purify air and water, among many others. Nevertheless, many of these presumed benefits are have yet to be supported by rigorous scientific data….
Proteins are critically important to life and the human body. They are also among the most complex molecules in nature, and there is much we still don’t know…
Photosensitive chemicals are molecules that release single oxygen atoms and chemical radicals when illuminated. These radicals are very active chemically, and…
Germs in food, bioterrorism, drug-resistant bacteria and viruses—these are the problems of our time that make early detection of pathogens particularly…
Developmental processes are increasingly well-characterized at the molecular and cell biological levels, but how more complex tissues and organs involving the…
The researchers, led by Tyler Jacks, director of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, found the alteration while studying a…
The gene, GRIP1 (glutamate receptor interacting protein 1), is a blueprint for a traffic-directing protein at synapses — those specialized contact points…
Every parent with young children knows that couples need to work together to accomplish the myriad tasks waiting both at work and at home. But it may come as a…
This is the first known example of a eukaryotic algae living stably inside the cells of any vertebrate.”It raises the possibility that more animal/algae…
The study found that a group of ancient enzymes known as thioredoxin were chemically stable at temperatures up to 32 degrees Celsius (58 degrees Fahrenheit)…
A team led by Guelph researchers discovered that for some male birds traveling to areas with lighter rainfall comes at the cost of attracting a female when…
Researchers have zoomed in on mouse chromosomes to map hotspots of genetic recombination — sites where DNA breaks and reforms to shuffle genes.The findings of…
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