Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Fluorescent Dye Hydrogen Swap Improves Detection, Shelf Life

“By replacing a hydrogen atom with a deuterium atom during the synthesis of several fluorescent probes, we increased the stability and shelf life of the dyes,…

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X Conference: All About the Chromosomes

Leading physicians and researchers from across the country congregated in Washington to share new findings and groundbreaking studies in sex-differences…

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Rowan University Tackles Challenges of Reducing Carbon Footprint of Drug Manufacturing

This year, the Rowan team has worked with scientists and engineers from Peapack, N.J., and the Kalamazoo, Mich., plant where drugs such as the widely…

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Molecular Link Revealed Between Obesity and Insulin Resistance

A new understanding of insulin resistance and the action of diabetes drugs such as Avandia and Actos could pave the way for improved medications that are more…

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Quantum Entanglement: Unveiling Nature’s Photosynthesis Secrets

In particular, physicists have suggested that entanglement (the quantum interconnection of two or more objects like photons, electrons, or atoms that are…

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Using Mother Nature to provide an environmentally friendly method for reducing mosquitoes

A scientific breakthrough might assist in the fight against mosquitoes. New research carried out at the University of Haifa in collaboration with researchers…

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Chance Discovery Reveals Brain’s Flexibility in Vision Insights

Their results show the brain is more flexible and versatile than the computer it is often likened to, and even may lead to new tests for blinding diseases such…

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Scientists Develop New Genomics-Based Approach to Understand the Origin of Cancer Subgroups

Scientists have long recognized that cancers may look the same under the microscope, but carry different mutations, respond differently to treatment and result…

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Invaluable Inteins

“Inteins were originally found in nature and seen as an oddity before we knew their function,” says Dr. Paul Liu, professor in the department of Biochemistry…

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Gene-Silencing Nanoparticles May Put End to Pesky Summer Pest

Research conducted by a Kansas State University team may help solve a problem that scientists and pest controllers have been itching to for years.Kun Yan Zhu,…

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New Study Highlights Need for Lyme Disease Tick Protection

University of Illinois graduate student Jennifer Rydzewski conducted a four-year survey of black-legged ticks (also known as deer ticks), their host animals,…

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Blocking Tumor Pathway May Halt Prostate Cancer Progression

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that blocking one of the enzymatic steps that allow the tumor to produce androgens could be the key in…

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Frog Killer Caught: First Before-and-After Disease Images

A killer has been caught in the act: the first before-and-after view of an infectious disease that led to an amphibian die-off has been released by the…

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MSU Research Reveals Evolution of Stress Hormones in Animals

Corticosteroid hormones control stress response in animals with backbones, including humans. While scientists have learned quite a bit about these so-called…

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Discover Key Gene Linked to Kidney Disease in African Americans

Kidney disease is a growing public health problem, with approximately half a million individuals in the United States requiring dialysis treatments to replace…

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English Ivy Inspires New Sunblock Innovation

When Mingjun Zhang was watching his son play in the yard, he was hit with a burning question: “What makes the ivy in his backyard cling to the fence so…

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