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Consumers concerned about safety of silver ions in antibacterial and odor-free clothing will soon have a proven safe alternative thanks to ultra-thin thread and a substance found naturally in red algae.
Sep 30th, 2014
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A series of the Next-Generation Sequencer (NGS) applications are being developed to utilize 'junk DNAs' as distinctive genetic analysis systems for crop species.
Sep 30th, 2014
Read moreA mechanical engineer has developed a new, high-throughput method for sorting cells capable of separating 10 billion bacterial cells in 30 minutes. The finding has already proven useful for studying bacterial cells and microalgae, and could one day have direct applications for biomedical research and environmental science - basically any field in which a large quantity of microbial samples need to be processed.
Sep 26th, 2014
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Scientists present a detailed new model that for the first time proposes how plant cells precisely position a 'dynamic and complex' structure called a phragmoplast at the cell center during every division and how it directs cytokinesis.
Sep 25th, 2014
Read moreScientists from both campuses of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been awarded a total of $7.9 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The two teams will build what is, in essence, an artificial immune system, comprising vast 'libraries' of different types of molecules from which will emerge individual compounds to detect or neutralize an array of biological and chemical threats.
Sep 24th, 2014
Read moreWhen the body forms new tissues during the healing process, cells must be able to communicate with each other. For years, scientists believed this communication happened primarily through chemical signaling. Now researchers have found that another dimension - mechanical communication - is equally if not more crucial.
Sep 23rd, 2014
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Scientists try to understand how networks of genes work together to create specific patterns like stripes. They have gone beyond studying individual networks and have created computational and synthetic mechanisms for a whole 'design space' of networks in the bacteria Escherichia coli.
Sep 23rd, 2014
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Scientists have established an easy to use, low-cost, rapid, and high sensitivity semiconductor-imaging based medical diagnostic biosensing system for analyzing blood and urine for early diagnosis of ailments including diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.
Sep 23rd, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a technique for converting winery waste into compounds that could have potential value as biofuels or medicines.
Sep 23rd, 2014
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Using a gene-editing system that can disable any target gene, researchers have shown that they can selectively kill bacteria carrying harmful genes that confer antibiotic resistance or cause disease.
Sep 23rd, 2014
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Researchers have successfully identified the 'molecular accelerator' that activates the peroxisomal processes. To their surprise, it turned out to be an old acquaintance: a certain module of the familiar protein Pex22p, which has hitherto always been considered an anchor protein.
Sep 22nd, 2014
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Thanks to biotechnology, researchers have increased the production of woody species. This result could be of great interest to the energy market.
Sep 22nd, 2014
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Two new technologies from researchers at MIT could enable novel strategies for combating drug-resistant bacteria.
Sep 21st, 2014
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Crystals of membrane proteins and protein complexes often diffract to low resolution owing to their intrinsic molecular flexibility, heterogeneity or the mosaic spread of micro-domains. At low resolution, the building and refinement of atomic models is a more challenging task. The deformable elastic network refinement method developed previously has been instrumental in the determination of several structures at low resolution. Here, DEN refinement is reviewed.
Sep 19th, 2014
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New finding could accelerate research to regenerate damaged tissue.
Sep 18th, 2014
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Researchers report the effects of atmospheric plasma irradiation on an artificial plasma membrane system.
Sep 18th, 2014
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A genetically engineered tobacco plant, developed with two genes from blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), holds promise for improving the yields of many food crops.
Sep 17th, 2014
Read moreResearchers have developed a new cocktail that coaxes adult cells to become pluripotent stem cells of a high enough quality to be used in therapeutic applications. Their research showed that using a different combination of reprogramming factors can produce a much higher quality result, delivering fewer colonies of iPSCs of which 80 percent passed the toughest pluripotency test.
Sep 16th, 2014
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