Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Insect-Feeding Animals Boost Plant Growth for Climate Action

Add insect-feeding birds, bats and lizards to the front lines of the battle against global climate change.Summarizing the results of more than 100 experiments…

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New Agent Disrupts Energy Supply to Target Cancer Cells

Researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute have designed an…

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Cosmopolitan eels

Joshua Reece became interested in moray eels in 2005 when he was applying to the PhD program at the University of Hawai’i. Instead of taking him on a campus…

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Global Map of Human Gene Expression Unveiled by EMBL-EBI

Just like members of an orchestra are active at different times although playing the same piece of music, every cell in our body contains the same genetic…

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Plastic Money Innovations: Combating Counterfeiting Today

Counterfeiting money is the “second oldest profession in the world”—a profession that truly took off with the introduction of paper money. In order to spoil…

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Potential new Alzheimer's drugs advancing in clinical trials

The cover story in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine, assesses the scientific foundation and clinical landscape…

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Reducing Copper and Iron Intake: Tips for Those Over 50

“This story of copper and iron toxicity, which I think is reaching the level of public health significance, is virtually unknown to the general medical…

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Explore Molecular Gastronomy: Science Behind Dining Innovation

In the article, Peter Barham and colleagues present a sweeping overview of molecular gastronomy, which focuses on the science behind food preparation…

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Identifying Molecular Targets for Diabetes-Related ED

Now, in a study appearing in the March Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Albert Einstein College of…

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Boost Flu Vaccine Effectiveness With Second Influenza B Strain

Vaccines likely would work better in protecting children from flu if they included both strains of influenza B instead of just one, Saint Louis University…

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Sand Fly Barcoding in Panama Uncovers Leishmania Strain

Two species carried Leishmania naiffi, a parasite that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis: persistent, itchy skin lesions. Three species carried Wolbachia, a…

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Innovative Tools for Re-Engineering Lignin in Biomass

Lignin is the double-edged sword of biofuels: if you are making cellulosic ethanol, you want less lignin because it blocks the breakdown of cellulose. If you…

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Solar Cells: UQAM researcher solves two 20-year-old problems

Professor Marsan has come up with solutions for two problems that, for the last twenty years, have been hampering the development of efficient and affordable…

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Western Swedish Women With Breast Cancer Gene Face Ovarian Risk

The study, published in the journal Acta Oncologica, shows that the increased risk of ovarian cancer is linked to a known mutation in women with breast cancer…

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Premature birth and brain damage – inflammation may play a role

One of the reasons for premature birth could be inflammation in the amniotic fluid or the placenta caused by bacteria. The infection triggers labour far…

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Darwin's Finch and the Evolution of Smell

Sequenced zebra finch genome hints that smell may play a role in the birds' communicationDarwin's finches – some 14 related species of songbirds found on the…

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