Biology
Insights into closed enzymes
Credit: Prof. Michael Kovermann, University of Konstanz The adenylate kinase enzyme is crucial to managing the energy budget of cells,...
International Conference on Life Cycle Management on Sept. 3 – 6, 2017 in Luxembourg
The 8th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM) will take place on 3 - 6 September 2017 in Luxembourg...
Conducting shell for bacteria
Under anaerobic conditions, certain bacteria can produce electricity. This behavior can be exploited in microbial fuel cells, with a special...
3-D-printed jars in ball-milling experiments
Credit: Tumanov et al Mechanochemistry is a widespread synthesis technique in all areas of chemistry. Various materials have been synthesized...
Study calls for urgent need for improved human-wildlife conflict management across India
Credit: Krithi Karanth Bengaluru, India (June 27, 2017) -- There is an urgent need to strengthen human-wildlife conflict management across...
Air pollution casts shadow over solar energy production
Credit: Michael Bergin, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Global solar energy production is taking a major hit due to air...
Sandia creates better ‘fingerprints’ to detect elusive, valuable chemical compounds
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Imagine being able to see the entire Statue of Liberty and a small...
Predicting future outcomes in the natural world
Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture (images) When pesticides and intentional fires fail to eradicate an invasive plant species, declaring biological...
Ten million tonnes of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks
Credit: UBC Public Affairs Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every...
New gonorrhea treatment targets enzyme needed for respiration
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have identified a possible new treatment for gonorrhea, using a peptide that thwarts the infection-causing bacterium...
New method to rapidly map the ‘social networks’ of proteins
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 26, 2017) Salk scientists have developed a new high-throughput technique to determine which proteins in...
Detecting diluteness
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Inside each and every living cell, there are miniscule structures called membraneless organelles. These...
The beach time capsule
And to think it was all right there in her garage. A load of boxes pulled from biologist Dale Straughan's...
Mitochondrial flash signals long-term memory at neuronal synapse
Credit: Provided by TAN Xiao Why do some memories last a lifetime while others never persist for more than a...
Latest advances in malaria research in free eBook by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: CSHLP Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) today announced a grant from the J.C....
Rising seas could result in 2 billion refugees by 2100
ITHACA, N.Y. - In the year 2100, 2 billion people - about one-fifth of the world's population - could become...
Chimpanzee ‘super strength’ and what it might mean in human muscle evolution
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) For years, anecdotes and some studies have suggested that chimpanzees are 'super strong' compared to...
Regulating the indirect land use carbon emissions imposes high hidden costs on fuel
Farmers earn more profits when there is demand for corn for biofuel instead of for food only. This can lead...
Steelhead trout population declines linked with poor survival of young fish in the ocean
Credit: Morgan Bond Steelhead trout are entrenched in the economy, ecology, and culture of the Pacific Northwest. Declining numbers of...
Scientists use algorithm to peer through opaque brains
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University Trying to pinpoint signals from individual neurons within a block...
