SARS-CoV-2-like particles very sensitive to temperature
Study of individual particle degradation suggests a potential surge of COVID-19 infections in the winterCredit: Sharma et. al. (2020) Biochem ...
Tag: Biochemistry
Researcher boosts vegetable oil production in plant leaves
University of Missouri researcher Jay Thelen pays respect to the past as he looks toward the futureCredit: University of Missouri. ...
West coast wildfires create rare opportunity to track black carbon
Research aims to better understand the impact of wildfires on the global carbon cycleCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- ...
Change in global precipitation patterns as a result of climate change
Variation in temperature differences between tropics and polar regions plays a fundamental role in controlling atmospheric circulation and in consequence ...
New discovery opens novel pathway for high-titer production of drop-in biofuels
Using an unusual, light-dependent enzyme and a newly discovered enzymatic mechanism, researchers from Aarhus University and MIT have enabled the ...
2D material controls light twice stronger
Credit: POSTECH Since the invention of world's first laser - the ruby laser - in 1960, the human desire to ...
SUTD and MIT scientists first to simulate a large-scale virus, M13
Credit: SUTD Atomistic simulations are a powerful tool to study the movement and interactions of atoms and molecules. In many ...
Pulp succeeded in diet? Determining the slenderization of wood pulp
Scientists at Osaka University develop a test to measure the quality of nanofibrillation for wood pulp using its natural optical ...
Clemson researcher identifies gene teams working in subregions of brain
Researchers can now test to see if those gene pairs are changing in brain tumors or in people with intellectual ...
RNA molecules are masters of their own destiny
New research from the Whitehead Institute suggests that the products of transcription -- RNA molecules -- regulate their own production ...
Modulating cells’ chloride channels
Credit: dgist Laboratory cell experiments and computer simulations have revealed molecular mechanisms regulating a protein channel responsible for transporting chloride ...
RNA basic building block produced biocatalytically for the first time
The Austrian researchers are the first in the world to demonstrate 'YeiN', an enzyme that is a suitable biocatalyst for ...
Undruggable diseases gain a new RNA drug-discovery tool
'Functionalized fragments' help design RNA medicines against a cancer targetCredit: Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. --Dec. 14, 2020--Imagine trying to throw ...
New, ultrastable tetrahedral “chiral zinc” added to synthetic chemistry toolbox
Catalyst with chirality at the zinc center could be useful for drug, electronic manufacturingCredit: Image by Mitsuhiko Shionoya, CC-BY Researchers ...
Explained: Political polarization
Economic inequality can cause it; Reversing it is difficultCredit: University of Houston Political polarization - the ever-present and growing division ...
Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer
New methods could lead to single-molecular systems for both diagnosing and treating cancer in real timeCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab A ...
A dynamical world undergrund
What is going on in the subsurface of beaches with high waves and strong tides? A new research group at ...
One’s trash, another’s treasure: fertilizer made from urine could enable space agriculture
Researchers at Tokyo University of Science devise a new electrochemical technology to manufacture ammonia-based fertilizer from ureaCredit: Freepik In extreme ...
Hinder handing the message — stopping tumors from creating new blood vessels
Credit: Department of Biochemistry,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify a novel role for a protein, vasohibin-1, ...
Leaders in stem cell science, regenerative medicine combine courses in 2021
Regenerative Medicine Foundation and Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine to present a co-located World Stem Cell Summit and Regenerative ...
