Retooling the ribosomal translation machine could expand chemical repertoire of cells
Synthetic biologists have become increasingly creative in engineering yeast or bacteria to churn out useful chemicals — from fuels to fabrics and drugs — beyond...
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Residents in ‘digital deserts’ have fewer health care options
Residents in rural counties with limited access to high-speed internet cannot take advantage of increasingly popular online health services.Credit: UC Residents in rural counties with...
Black Canadians see workplaces as epicentres of racism, while 90 per cent see it as a serious problem in the criminal justice system
TORONTO, June 13, 2023 – Black Canadians see workplaces as the epicentre of racial discrimination and unfairness, according to the Black Canadian National Survey (BCNS)...
Juice concentrate from Japanese fruit benefits cardiovascular health, scientists at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University report
(Philadelphia, PA) – More than 122 million Americans – about half of the U.S. population ages 20 and older – have high blood pressure, referred...
Rohit Loomba, MD, named Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Rohit Loomba, MD, has been named chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. His new...
Aluminium-ion batteries with improved storage capacity
Aluminium-ion batteries are seen as a promising alternative to conventional batteries that use scarce and difficult-to-recycle raw materials such as lithium. This is because aluminium...
New method traces ancestry of hybrid plants and animals
If you’ve ever kept a garden, you’re probably familiar with hybrids, from disease-resistant tomatoes to Stargazer lilies.Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York If...
Special issue of JICM on global public health and the Declaration of Astana
A special focus issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine (JICM) on Global Public Health is a response to the Declaration of Astana,...
Cellular senescence involves gene repression through p53-p16/RB-E2F-DREAM complex
“Our study enables us to envisage a global picture of genes and pathways dysregulated during senescence and provides novel evidence for involvement of p53/p16/RB-E2F-DREAM repressional...
ASU establishes ʻĀkoʻakoʻa, a new collaborative effort to seed renewed connection between human and coral communities in Hawaiʻi
With a group of core partners, Arizona State University is creating a new $25 million collaboration to preserve and restore vitality to Hawaiʻi’s coral reefs...
Stowers scientists investigate the evolution of animal developmental mechanisms, show how some of Earth’s earliest animals evolved
KANSAS CITY, MO—June 13, 2023—Lacking bones, brains, and even a complete gut, the body plans of simple animals like sea anemones appear to have little...
DESI early data release holds nearly two million objects
The universe is big, and it’s getting bigger. To study dark energy, the mysterious force behind the accelerating expansion of our universe, scientists are using...
Key regulator of COVID viral receptor may be new drug target
Entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into human tissues depends on the activity of a host gene that regulates production of a key viral receptor, according...
Study develops primer scheme for human monkeypox virus that can be plugged into currently existing amplicon-based sequencing and bioinformatics infrastructure
Study develops primer scheme for human monkeypox virus that can be plugged into currently existing amplicon-based sequencing and bioinformatics infrastructure; this approach has enabled public...
Russian physicists developed the fastest algorithm for the simulation motion of microparticles in a plasma flow
Understanding the mechanisms of interaction between plasma and microparticles is of a critical importance in various fields, including astrophysics, microelectronics, and plasma medicine. A common...
