Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

New Cell Measurement System Unlocks Single-Cell Insights

Using a sensor that weighs cells with unprecedented precision, MIT and Harvard researchers have measured the rate at which single cells accumulate mass — a…

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Protein Strand Assembly: New Insights from Atomic Force Microscopy

Researchers at ETH Zürich, EPF Lausanne and University of Fribourg have teamed up to take Atomic Force Microscopy images of the fibers and to analyze them…

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New Study Links Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Key Findings

The study also reveals a small molecule inhibitor developed by Ferguson, which may provide a new and better way to treat anxiety, depression and other related…

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Cell Phones That Shield Against Deadly Chemicals: Here’s How

Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a “smartphone” and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in—not to mention an MP3 player,…

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New Insights Into Protein Architecture Boost Drug Design Efforts

Researchers in Singapore are reporting this week that they have gleaned key insights into the architecture of a protein that controls iron levels in almost all…

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PANDAS don't like stress

In a new longitudinal study appearing in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, researchers identified new infections in children and adolescents with…

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Breakthrough Carbon-Based Solar Cell Insights from Scientists

The scientists' report, online today (April 9), will appear in a future issue of Nano Letters, an American Chemical Society journal.”Our interest stems from…

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Scientists find out why living things are the size they are — and none other

If you consider yourself to be too short or too tall, things are looking up, or down, depending on your vertical disposition. New research published online in…

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Exercise Pill for Osteoporosis Patients: A Major Breakthrough

For osteoporosis patients unable to exercise, help may be on the way. That's because scientists have discovered precisely how mechanical stress, such as…

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First Animals Discovered Living Without Oxygen

Roberto Danovaro, from the Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, worked with a team of researchers to retrieve sediment samples from a deep…

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New Stem Cell Supplement: Insights from Medistem Research

Thomas E. Ichim from Medistem Incorporated, USA worked with a team of 13 researchers from industry and academia to further investigate whether this supplement,…

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Genetic Factor Links Heart Failure and Aneurysm Disease

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have identified a major indicator of two deadly diseases of the heart and blood vessels: heart…

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RUB Researchers Decode Sordaria Genome Using Next-Gen Techniques

Using “next generation” techniques researchers at the Ruhr-Universität together with international colleagues have decoded the genome of the fungus Sordaria…

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Magnetic Stem Cells Enhance Heart Attack Treatment Efficacy

The study is published today online by Circulation Research, a scientific journal of the American Heart Association. The study also will appear in the…

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Zebra Finch Genome Hints that Smell is Part of Bird Communication

Today, 150 years after Darwin’s famous book, finches can still teach us a lesson about evolution. A large, international group of researchers, among them Prof….

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Scientists Unravel Brain-Hormone Circuit That Helps Police Diabetes, Female Fertility

“Many people, and even many physicians, think you develop diabetes that is solely secondary to obesity,” said Dr. Joel Elmquist, professor of internal medicine…

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