Artificial enzymes convert solar energy into hydrogen gas
In a new scientific article, researchers at Uppsala University describe how, using a completely new method, they have synthesised an artificial enzyme that functions in...
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Successful mouse couples talk out infidelity in calm tones
Credit: Photo by Roger Meissen, Bond Life Sciences Center MADISON -- California mice are relatively solitary animals, but put two in a room and they'll...
Determining cell fate and the onset of Crohn’s disease
Credit: University of Houston How cells talk to each other, and what they say, has long held fascination for Seema Khurana, professor of biology and...
UCLA researchers discover aggressive prostate and lung cancers are driven by common mechanisms
Credit: Jung Wook Park & Owen Witte UCLA researchers have discovered a common process in the development of late-stage, small cell cancers of the prostate...
Species-rich forests store twice as much carbon as monocultures
Credit: UZH In 2009, BEF-China began as a unique forest biodiversity experiment in collaboration between institutions in China, Germany and Switzerland. The large-scale project investigated...
The FASEB Journal: Animal study suggests ketone supplement more effective for weight loss
New study suggests ketone supplement more effective than low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diets at reducing body weight in mice A study published in The FASEB Journal...
Every cell has a story to tell in brain injury
Credit: Image courtesy of Drs. Gomez-Pinilla and Yang, University of California, Los Angeles. Traumatic head injury can have widespread effects in the brain, but now...
Enhancement of piezoelectric properties in organic polymers all in the molecules
The inability to alter intrinsic piezoelectric behavior in organic polymers hampers their application in flexible, wearable and biocompatible devices, according to researchers at Penn State...
Prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellows include UT Austin’s inventor of ‘cancer pen’
Credit: Wyatt McSpadden/Univ. of Texas at Austin Livia Schiavinato Eberlin, an assistant professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has won a...
Translational research on recurrent metastatic neuroblastoma at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Neuroblastoma, a disease of immature nerve cells, is the most common solid tumor cancer occurring in children. About 700 new cases are diagnosed in the...
Mayo researchers ID potential new treatment for one type of triple-negative breast cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified the drug estradiol as a potential new treatment for a subset of women with triple-negative breast cancer....
Tales from 141,430 and one genomes
Analysis of the world's largest set of genome data from pregnant women, totaling 141,431 expectant mothers from across China, has uncovered unsuspected associations between genes...
Rewriting the textbook on how steroid hormones enter cells
Credit: Haga-Yamanaka Lab, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A discovery by scientists at UC Riverside may open up new ways to control steroid hormone-mediated processes,...
Decoding the regulation of cell survival — A major step towards preventing neurons from dying
(Technische Universität Dresden) An interdisciplinary and international research group led by Dr. Volker Busskamp from the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden at the TU Dresden...
Neanderthal healthcare practices crucial to survival
Research at the University of York has suggested that Neanderthals embraced healthcare practices, such as assisting in cases of serious injury and the challenges of...
