One-step protein purification achieves high yields, purity and activity
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A novel method to improve the high-yield, high-purity, high-activity purification of complex proteins by 10- to 500-fold has been developed...
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CNIC scientists discover an essential mechanism in the immune response
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered that the transcriptional regulator CTCF plays an essential role in...
Gaze direction affects sensitivity to sounds
Listening to something while looking in a different direction can slow down reaction times while the brain works harder to suppress distractions, finds a new...
Ancient fungi could help Canada’s future northern forests
Credit: UBC Okanagan As Canada's vast boreal and tundra ecosystems experience dramatic warming due to climate change, trees are rapidly spreading north. New research from...
Flowers’ genome duplication contributes to their spectacular diversity
The evolution of plants has been punctuated by major innovations, none more striking among living plants than the flower. Flowering plants account for the vast...
Know your enemy: Exposing threatened species to predators improves evasive behaviors
Credit: Hugh McGregor A study of burrowing bettongs in the Australian desert has shown for the first time that exposing threatened native animals to small...
International ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Symposium 2017
(Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University) The International ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Symposium 2017 will be held on Aug. 3-4, 2017, at Nagoya University,...
A whole-genome sequenced rice mutant resource for the study of biofuel feedstocks
Credit: Guotian Li and Rashmi Jain/Berkeley Lab Rice is a staple food for over half of the world's population and a model for studies of...
Small-molecule therapeutic boosts spatial memory and motor function in Rett syndrome mice
New research into Rett syndrome therapeutics suggests that a small molecule already reported to improve respiratory problems associated with the disease may also improve spatial...
Researchers make significant progress in engineering digestive system tissues
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have reached important milestones in their quest to engineer replacement tissue in the lab...
Powerful new technique can clone thousands of genes at once
Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Scientists at Johns Hopkins, Rutgers, the University of Trento in Italy, and Harvard Medical School report they have developed...
‘Nanolock’ detects cancer mutation; could lead to early diagnoses, personalized therapies
The moment when healthy cells turn into cancer cells is a critical point. And if caught early enough, many cancers can be stopped in their...
The comeback kid — black phosphorus and its new potential
When it was discovered over a century ago, black phosphorus was considered relatively useless. Over the past five years, however, the engineers and chemists have...
Quantum dots make the leap from TVs to antibacterial eye drops
Quantum dots are transforming electronic displays on TVs and tablets. But now, one group reports in ACS Nano that these tiny structures may someday provide...
Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution announced $10 million grant will create Center to understand how the human brain evolved and what makes it unique
Credit: Boston Children's Hospital The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution at Boston...
