Molecular Target
Discovery in liver cancer cells provides new target for drugs
In the journal Hepatology, Devanand Sarkar, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Harrison Endowed Scholar in Cancer Research at VCU Massey Cancer Center, a Blick scholar and…
Upgrading the vanadium redox battery
Though considered a promising large-scale energy storage device, the vanadium redox battery's use has been limited by its inability to work well in a wide…
New study pinpoints why some microbial genes are more promiscuous than others
A new study of more than three dozen bacteria species — including the microbes responsible for pneumonia, meningitis, stomach ulcers and plague — settles a…
Festive opening of the Institute of Molecular Biology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Although it has not been in existence for long, it is already a success story: after a construction time of only 15 months, the Institute of Molecular Biology…
Berkeley Lab scientists achieve breakthrough in nanocomposite for high-capacity hydrogen storage
Compared to gasoline, hydrogen is lightweight, can provide a higher energy density and is readily available. But there's a reason we're not already living in a…
Zooming in on the Weapons of Salmonella
A group of Vienna-based scientists headed by Thomas Marlovits employed recently developed methods of cryo-electron microscopy and have been able to clarify the…