Friction shapes zebrafish embryos
Credit: IST Austria A simple ball of cells is the starting point for humans -- and zebrafish. At the end of embryonic development, however, a...
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Nanocages dramatically facilitate structure formation of biomolecules
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Macromolecules regularly fold and unfold themselves inside cells. Their diverse three-dimensional structures help determine their functions. Understanding molecule fo..
New rice strain could help farmers predetermine harvest time
Credit: 2017 Takeshi Izawa. A new strain of rice that flowers within a certain period of time after being sprayed with commercial chemicals commonly used...
New tool allows analysis of single-cell RNA data in pre-malignant tumours
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists and their collaborators have developed a new analysis tool that was able to show, for the first time, which genes...
Scientists discover mechanism that causes cancer cells to self-destruct
Many cancer patients struggle with the adverse effects of chemotherapy, still the most prescribed cancer treatment. For patients with pancreatic cancer and other aggressive cancers,...
Stars born in winds from supermassive black holes
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope have revealed stars forming within powerful outflows of material blasted out from supermassive black holes at...
Enzyme structures illuminate mechanism behind bacteria’s bioremediation prowess
MADISON, Wis. -- Bacteria, like humans and animals, must eat. Sometimes, they consume a pollutant in the environment that humans want to get rid of,...
Improving memory with magnets
Credit: Philippe Albouy The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our daily lives -- without it we...
Tracking real-time proton induced radiation chemistry in water
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2017 -- Proton therapy is a promising form of radiation treatment used to kill cancerous cells and effectively halt their rapid...
Protein transport: The quickest route to the tip
According to a theoretical model developed by physicists of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, in cell protrusions, cargo-transporting motor proteins often get in each other's way....
Rocks that tell our industrial history
Credit: Nikole Arrieta / UPV/EHU "Because certain geological events record everything, studying them helps to reconstruct the environmental past and to determine how human beings...
Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab challenges high school students to give hacking a try
Loading video... Credit: Carnegie Mellon University CyLab PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University aims to build a talent pipeline into the cyber workforce by introducing computer...
Scientists overcome inaccessibility of caves through molecular genetic approach
An international group of scientists has used a novel highly sensitive method for detection of environmental DNA in groundwater to extend the poorly known range...
Litter is present throughout the world’s oceans: 1,220 species affected
Where is marine litter concentrated, and which species and ecosystems does it affect? Researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have for the first time compiled...
Unique wheat passes the test
Stronger legs in fast-growing broilers, reduced phosphorus emissions to the environment, improved health for undernourished populations in developing countries and better use of scarce resources...
