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Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new method for DNA analysis of microbial communities such as those found in the ocean, the soil, and our own guts.
Mar 18th, 2015
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Microalga emiliania huxleyi forms microscopically small calcite disks. Understanding of this biological process might be used for innovative industrial products.
Mar 18th, 2015
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One of life's strongest bonds has been discovered by a science team researching biofuels with the help of supercomputers. Their find could boost efforts to develop catalysts for biofuel production from non-food waste plants.
Mar 16th, 2015
Read moreResearchers have identified a bacterial protein that triggers a self-inflicted cell death pathway in immune system cells and could lead to a better understanding of an important cellular structure.
Mar 16th, 2015
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Researchers are trying to develop an injectable material with the ability to provide biochemical and physical guidance for regenerating nerves across the injury site.
Mar 16th, 2015
Read moreExploring the fundamental mechanism by which a cell-surface receptor transmits its signal, researchers have established proof of concept for an entirely new approach to drug design. They report that a class of synthetic molecules known as diabodies can, from outside the cell, latch onto a target receptor and manipulate it in such a manner as to induce distinct and varying effects within cells and tissues.
Mar 16th, 2015
Read moreA research collaboration develops a new open access tool called PolyMaker that will support the selection of beneficial traits for future crop breeding programmes. The new software enables automated primer design for multiple genome species, significantly reducing the time of multiple genome analysis.
Mar 13th, 2015
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Researchers have managed to bond positively charged phosphorus atoms with positively charged hydrogen ones. Their insight may prove pivotal to understanding how biologically important molecules such as DNA and proteins form properly.
Mar 13th, 2015
Read moreModifying bacterial lipids can label and target deadly bacteria, spare healthy cells.
Mar 12th, 2015
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Scientists have created a 3-D model of a complex protein machine, ORC, which helps prepare DNA to be duplicated. But the new information has uncovered another mystery: ORC's structure reveals that it is not always 'on' as was previously thought, and no one knows how it turns on and off.
Mar 11th, 2015
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Researchers have developed a new injectable polymer that strengthens blood clots, called PolySTAT. Administered in a simple shot, the polymer finds any unseen or internal injuries and starts working immediately.
Mar 10th, 2015
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A state-of-the-art imaging technique will allow researchers to study the growth and behaviour of individual organs in living animals.
Mar 10th, 2015
Read moreThe new system - called BASIC - is a major advance for the field of synthetic biology, which designs and builds organisms able to make useful products such as medicines, energy, food, materials and chemicals.
Mar 10th, 2015
Read moreResearchers believe that a new method of genetically engineering immune cells could lead to improved treatment of Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients.
Mar 10th, 2015
Read moreResearchers examined the evolution origins of the D1 protein in cyanobacteria, which forms the heart of Photosystem II, the oxygen-evolving machine of photosynthesis. The research team selected all known D1 sequences from cyanobacteria and also representatives from algae and plants to compare the protein sequence variation.
Mar 10th, 2015
Read moreScientists re-engineered the bacterial defense system CRISPR to recognize HIV inside human cells and destroy the virus, offering a potential new therapy.
Mar 10th, 2015
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A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has determined the basic structural organization of a molecular motor that hauls cargoes and performs other critical functions within cells.
Mar 9th, 2015
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Researchers used advanced proteomic techniques to identify 1,750 unique proteins in shoots of switchgrass, a native prairie grass viewed as one of the most promising of all the plants that could be used to produce advanced biofuels.
Mar 9th, 2015
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