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Gold Medal: TU Dresden team presents DipGene at Synthetic Biology’s largest innovation event
Credit: © iGEM TU Dresden A student team of the TU Dresden successfully showcased their DipGene project at the annual...
Scientists have spotted new compounds with herbicidal potential from sea fungus
Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry...
Scientists use crabs to validate popular method to identify unknown human brain neurons
Study by MU scientist and team could contribute to future breakthroughs in understanding the brain and neurological diseasesCredit: University of...
Synthesizing an artificial synapse for artificial intelligence
Pitt Engineer Feng Xiong receives $500K NSF Career Award for advancing AI neural network technologyCredit: University of Pittsburgh Swanson School...
What happens when your favorite PBS hosts eat miracle berries?
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2019 -- Miracle berries cause sour foods to taste sweet, but do...
Dream Chemistry Award 2019 goes to Yujia Qing of University of Oxford
Credit: Tomas Bellon / IOCB Prague Yujia Quin of University of Oxford has won the 2019 Dream Chemistry Award, an...
Animated videos advance adoption of agriculture techniques
Credit: Michigan State University In remote areas with low literacy rates, showing animated videos in the local language demonstrating agricultural...
Dial-a-frog — researchers develop the ‘FrogPhone’ to remotely call frogs in the wild
Credit: Marta Yebra Alvarez Researchers have developed the 'FrogPhone', a novel device which allows scientists to call up a frog...
Discovery of genes involved in the biosynthesis of antidepressant
Hypericin in St. John's WortCredit: P. Rizzo / IPK The herb St John's Wort Hypericum perforatum has a long history...
Surface effects affect the distribution of hydrogen in metals
The researchers studied the distribution of hydrogen in metals in the process of standard testing for hydrogen cracking.Credit: Peter the...
Island ‘soundscapes’ show potential for evaluating recovery of nesting seabirds
Conservation biologists are taking a holistic approach to acoustic monitoring for evaluating the effectiveness of restoration effortsCredit: Ian L. Jones)...
Bile duct biomarker? Protein found to pinpoint patients with a lethal cancer
Credit: Department of Molecular Oncology,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Biliary tract cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the...
Using a molecular motor to switch the preference of anion-binding catalysts
Credit: R. Dorel / University of Groningen Many organic molecules are chiral, which means that they are non-superimposable on their...
Study shows first signs of cross-talk between RNA surveillance and silencing systems
Credit: DGIST A recent study by a team of scientists in Korea reveals new findings about how various systems involved...
Dendrites filtering neuron’s excitement
Purkinje cell dendrites filter inputs into the cell, demonstrating a new learning mechanism in the cerebellumCredit: Kyoto University/Mindy Takamiya Kyoto,...
How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?
Researchers home in on core microbial community of tomato, one that is robust and stableCredit: Photo courtesy of Britt Koskella...
Empowering mucosal healing with an engineered probiotic
A genetically programmed living hydrogel material facilitates intestinal wound healing and could be developed as a probiotic therapy for patients...
Genetic typing of a bacterium with biotechnological potential
Credit: Kanazawa University Pseudomonas putida is a bacterium occuring in soil, aquatic environments and plants. Although the virulence of Pseudomonas...
Improved pH probes may help towards cancer treatments
Credit: Kanazawa University "It is becoming clear that an acid extracellular pH plays an essential role in cancer cell progression,...
First investigational drug therapy for liver disease NASH awaiting FDA approval
Global clinical trial designed in collaboration with VCU successfully tested a drug therapy to treat NASH, a chronic liver disease...
