Composing new proteins with artificial intelligence
Using machine learning to create new proteins by translating proteins into musical scoresCredit: Markus J. Buehler WASHINGTON, March 17, 2020 -- Proteins are the building...
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Physicists propose new filter for blocking high-pitched sounds
Credit: Robert Rivera, University at Buffalo; Luis Machado, Federal University of Pará in Brazil BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Need to reduce high-pitched noises? Science may have...
Semiconductors can behave like metals and even like superconductors
Credit: Hungria/Universidad de Cádiz, Ramin/DESY, Klinke/University of Rostock and Swansea University. The crystal structure at the surface of semiconductor materials can make them behave like...
Seeing with electrons: Scientists pave the way to more affordable and accessible cryo-EM
Researchers develop a low-cost and easy-to-use cryogenic electron microscope.Credit: OIST Visualizing the structure of viruses, proteins and other small biomolecules can help scientists gain deeper...
Natural solutions to the climate crisis? One-quarter is all down to Earth…
Credit: KIB Joint research conducted by The Nature Conservancy and the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences calculated the carbon-storing power of global...
Passport tagging for express cargo transportation in cells
Improving the secretion of biopharmaceutical glycoproteins using a molecular passport tag that is recognized by the cargo receptorCredit: © Koichi Kato Many proteins produced by...
Dams in the upper Mekong River modify nutrient bioavailability downstream
Credit: ©Science China Press The number of hydropower dams has increased dramatically in the last 100 years for energy supply, climate change mitigation, and economic...
Major advances in our understanding of New World Morning Glories
Credit: Robert Scotland A major advance in revealing the unknown plant diversity on planet Earth is made with a new monograph, published in the open-access,...
Blocking sugar structures on viruses and tumor cells
Artificial sugar-binding protein may inhibit cell growthCredit: TUM-Chair of Biological Chemistry The laboratory directed by Arne Skerra, Professor of Biological Chemistry, has its focus on...
Elucidation of mechanisms that coordinate cell memory inheritance with DNA replication
A new mechanism for accurately positioning DNA methyltransferase at DNA replication sitesCredit: © 2020 IMSUT, The University of Tokyo CC-BY Why normal cells turn into...
Scientists find sexual dimorphism in cannabinoid 1 receptor expression in mice
Credit: WANG Feng A major challenge in neuroscience lies in understanding how molecular and circuit differences in the brain synergistically contribute to sex differences in...
Life expectancy crisis in the USA: The opioid crisis is not the decisive factor
Cardiovascular diseases -- rather than drug deaths due to the opioid crisis -- have the greatest impact on stagnating life expectancy in the USACredit: MPIDR...
Antioxidant treatment in acute ischemic stroke may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia
The article by Dr. Anamaria Jurcau and Dr. Aurel Simion is published in the journal, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug TargetsCredit: Bentham Science Publishers,...
‘Little Foot’ skull reveals how this more than 3 million year old human ancestor lived
Micro-CT scanning of 'Little Foot' skull reveals new aspects of the life of this more than 3-million year-old-human ancestorCredit: Amélie Beaudet/Wits University High-resolution micro-CT scanning...
Novel approach to enhance performance of graphitic carbon nitride
Credit: Kai Yang In a report published in NANO, scientists from the Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Guangdong University of Petrochemical technology, Gannan Medical...