Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Girl Power: No Male? No Problem for Female Boa Constrictor

More strikingly, the finding shows that the babies produced from this asexual reproduction have attributes previously believed to be impossible. Large litters…

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New Biomarker Identified for Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis

Researchers may have identified a promising novel diagnostic biomarker for ectopic pregnancy, according to a study accepted for publication in The Endocrine…

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Cell Membranes Mimic Cornstarch and Water Behavior

Mix two parts cornstarch and one part water. Swirl your fingers in it slowly and the mixture is a smoothly flowing liquid. Punch it quickly with your fist and…

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Caribbean Poison Dwarfs: Skin Toxins in World’s Smallest Frog

Researchers have now discovered that this species contains skin toxins of the alkaloid class of compounds which probably constitute a fefence mechanism against…

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Mouse model confirms mutated protein's role in dementia

The work is published in today's issue of Nature Communications. Lead author is Makoto Hashimoto of the Division of Chemistry and Metabolism, Tokyo…

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Of 50,000 Small Molecules Tested to Fight Cancer, Two Show Promise

“PITs cause cells to self-destruct by interfering with the signaling pathways that regulate cell survival. As compounds that promote cell death, PITs show…

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DNA Fingerprinting Traces Global Path of Plague

Researchers from Ireland, China, France, Germany and the United States, including Northern Arizona University’s Paul Keim and David Wagner, have turned back…

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Algae Biofuels: From Promise to Reality—How Fast Is Progress?

“Even with relatively favorable and forward-looking process assumptions (from cultivation to harvesting to processing), algae oil production with microalgae…

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Widespread Human Exposure to Cosmetic UV Filters Uncovered

An investigation conducted in the context of the Swiss National Research Programme (NRP50), Endocrine Disrupters: Relevance to Humans, Animals and Ecosystems,…

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Biogas Innovations: Sustainable Energy Gains Ground East

Sustainable energy production from renewable resources, for example from biogas, is becoming more and more well-known. However, it is still scarcely put into…

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New Protein SLIMP Essential for Mitochondria Maintenance

Called SLIMP, the protein is required for mitochondria maintenance, the cellular powerhouses.On the right side we can see aberrant fly and mitochondria when…

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Antibody locks up West Nile's infection mechanism

The findings show precisely how a key part of the antibody, called the antigen binding fragment, or Fab, attaches to two adjacent protein molecules that make…

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Zebrafish Insights: Understanding Visual Processing in Humans

To scientists, it's a window into how our brain coordinates the eye motions that enable us to hit a baseball, sidestep an errant skateboarder, and otherwise…

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Impact of GMO Gene Escape on Hybrid Crops Explained

GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms, may raise concerns of genes escaping from crops and having unknown effects on natural, wild species. But what is the…

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Cancer Drug Boosted by Quantum Dots Enhances Delivery Efficiency

A paper appearing online in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine as an article-in-press describes specific delivery of a chemotherapeutic drug to…

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New Microfluidics Imaging Platform Detects Cancer Early

Inappropriate growth and survival signaling, which leads to the aberrant growth of cancer cells, is a driving force behind tumors. Much of current cancer…

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