Researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center have discovered that “microtentacles,” or extensions of the plasma…
Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Marco Milán, at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), reveal a surprising new function of Notch…
Together with colleagues from the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna, Austria, scientists of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of…
In the March issue of BioScience, researchers present a sophisticated new analysis of the effects of boosting use of maize-derived ethanol on greenhouse gas…
The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) has analyzed the first whole genome sequences of a human family of four. The findings of a project funded through a…
The team, which included researchers from Vanderbilt University, showed in theory that it might be possible to use drugs that maintain the positive effects on…
As the golden anniversary of the announcement of the first laser approaches on July 7th, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine, takes a…
Kenneth Balkus and Harvey Liu note in the new study that nitric oxide (NO) helps increase blood flow and regulates a range of other body functions. Scientists…
A common problem with notebook computers is that the battery delivers power for far too short a time, which only gets shorter as it gets older. If you don’t…
They discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis breaks down harmful by-products which are produced when sugars are released from wood. They also…
Named for a video game character, Sonic hedgehog describes both a gene and the protein it produces in the body. Its study is important to increase…
University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya's dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of…
Using a technique called DNA barcoding, which involves the identification of species from a short DNA sequence, Weiblen and an international team of…
During embryonic development, proteins attach to cell receptors and start a cascade of reactions. Understanding those reactions is difficult, however, because…
What began as research into how diabetics could possibly preserve their eyesight has led to findings that could prolong the vision of children afflicted with…
A Princeton University-led research team has discovered that protein competition over an important enzyme provides a mechanism to integrate different signals…
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