TSRI scientists create first stable semisynthetic organism
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.) LA JOLLA, CA - January 23, 2017 - Life's genetic code has only ever contained four...
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New metamaterial can switch from hard to soft — and back again
ANN ARBOR--When a material is made, you typically cannot change whether that material is hard or soft. But a group of University of Michigan researchers...
New PET imaging technique may help monitor neurological disease progression
Olfactory neurons in the nasal cavity are the primary source of our sense of smell. Unlike many types of neurons, olfactory neurons are continuously generated...
Liquid biopsy researchers to share their strategies for pairing digital PCR and next-generation sequencing at Precision Medicine World Conference
HERCULES, Calif. -- January 23, 2017 -- Global leaders in cancer research and clinical care will discuss how they combine next-generation sequencing (NGS) and Droplet...
Catalyst adds fluorine-containing groups to make new compounds
Drugs that contain one or more fluorine atoms tend to be more stable, more powerful, and easier for the body to absorb. For those reasons,...
PPPL physicist uncovers clues to mechanism behind magnetic reconnection
Credit: Fatima Ebrahimi Physicist Fatima Ebrahimi at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has published a paper showing that magnetic...
New research on wine fermentation could lead to better bouquet
Washington, DC - Jan. 23, 2017 - The taste of wine arises from a symphony of compounds that are assembled as yeast ferment the must...
Wasps, ants, and Ani DiFranco
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- A University of California, Riverside graduate student has discovered several news species of wasps, including one that she...
Your Android device’s Pattern Lock can be cracked within 5 attempts
Credit: Lancaster University The popular Pattern Lock system used to secure millions of Android phones can be cracked within just five attempts - and more...
New steps in the meiosis chromosome dance
Where would we be without meiosis and recombination? For a start, none of us sexually reproducing organisms would be here, because that's how sperm and...
Regulating ‘gasotransmitters’ could improve care for sleep apnea
Unbalanced signaling by two molecules that regulate breathing leads to sleep apnea in mice and rats, researchers report in the Jan. 23, 2017, Proceedings of...
Scientists spin artificial silk from whey protein
Credit: Credit: DESY/Eberhard Reimann A Swedish-German team of researchers has cleared up a key process for the artificial production of silk. With the help of...
Online media use shows strong genetic influence
Online media use such as social networking and gaming could be strongly influenced by our genes, according to a new study by researchers from King's...
How do people choose what plants to use?
There are about 400,000 species of plants in the world. Humans use approximately 10-15% of them to cover our basic needs, such as food, medicine...
Crop achilles’ heel costs farmers 10 percent of potential yield
Credit: Don Hamerman/Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Scientists assumed leaves at the top of a plant would be the best at turning higher...