Tag: Biochemistry

Sleep or stop? The RIS neuron has both functions; publication in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Wagner Steuer Costa Wagner Steuer Costa in ...

Credit: David Fairen-Jimenez Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a platform that uses nanoparticles known as metal-organic frameworks ...

The unique material outperforms most of today's synthetic and natural materials by providing high strength and stiffness, combined with increased ...

A team of scientists from Ural Federal University (Yekaterinburg), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and other collaborator have published ...

Tiny box puts itself together and glowsCredit: Zhan et al., CC-BY A cube one-fortieth the size of a human red ...

The discovery by UMD researchers suggests 'functional mosaicism' could explain some antibiotic resistance and cancer relapseCredit: Snusha Ravikumar/University of Maryland ...

Credit: Source: Dr. Javier Periz, University of Glasgow. Toxoplasma gondii, the unicellular causative agent of toxoplasmosis, reproduces itself in an ...

Credit: Ryoichi Teruyama, LSU Oxytocin is widely referred to as the love hormone and plays an important role in the ...

Credit: (Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum) After nerve injury, the protein complex mTORC1 takes over an important function in skeletal ...

Boyce Thompson Institute researchers showed that ascaroside compounds from nematodes can protect rice, wheat, corn and soybeans from numerous pathogensCredit: ...

Human artificial chromosomes (HACs) could be useful tools for both understanding how mammalian chromosomes function and creating synthetic biological systems, ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of the UA Museum of the North University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have linked specific chemical signatures ...

Credit: UAF photo by Todd Paris A new five-year, $11.8 million National Institutes of Health grant will help University of ...

Credit: Kobe University When cells change to a more specialized type, we call this process cellular differentiation. Scientists have revealed ...

UCI-led study points toward new ways to prevent disease transmission Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2019 -- As Lyme disease increases, ...

Bioinspired wound dressing contracts in response to body heat to speed healing Cuts, scrapes, blisters, burns, splinters, and punctures - ...

From modifying gene expression to cell signaling, dynamic designer proteins may usher in a new era of synthetic biologyCredit: UW ...

Introduced tree species are exempt from the constraints that soil pathogens impose on native trees, aiding their ability to spread ...

The heart of the biological catalyst is only introduced during the last step. The process is complex.Credit: RUB, Kramer A ...

Model reveals new role for overlooked electron relationships The chemical interactions that give proteins their shape may be weaker and ...