Gut microbiota plays a role in brain function and mood regulation
Credit: (c) Institut Pasteur / Pascal Marseaud Depression is a mental disorder that affects more than 264 million people of ...
Tag: Biochemistry
The Protein Society announces 2022 appointment of Protein Science Editor-in-chief
Credit: The Protein Society CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society is thrilled to announce the appointment of John Kuriyan, ...
Researchers find why ‘lab-made’ proteins have unusually high temperature stability
Credit: NINS/IMS Bioengineers have found why proteins that are designed from scratch tend to be more tolerant to high temperatures ...
Flavors added to vaping devices can damage the heart
The vape flavorings so popular with kids and young adults are cardiotoxic and disrupt the heart's normal electrical activity, a ...
Researchers identify the physical mechanism that can kill bacteria with gold nanoparticles
The research, involving URV researcher Vladimir Baulin, opens the door to the development of new bactericide materials as an alternative ...
NYUAD researchers shed new light on mysteries behind the light emission of fireflies
Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi Fast facts: Bioluminescence is an energy-conserving process of natural production of cold light that many lower ...
$6.3 million will help UC Riverside save America’s avocado orchards
Incurable fungus, root rot and salinity threaten fruit productionCredit: UCR New grants totaling $6.3 million will help UC Riverside solve ...
Making cheaper, biocompatible E-skin electrodes
A polymer electrode gets an electrical boost for use in E-skin devices.Credit: dgist Scientists around the world are working to ...
New and unexplored dimension in the study of protein-protein interactions
Credit: Mary Zhu Many proteins are required to maintain the structure, and to preserve the genetic integrity, of DNA. Sliding ...
Magnesium contact ions stabilize the macromolecular structure of transfer RNA
Credit: MBI In cells transfer RNA (tRNA) translates genetic information from the encoding messenger RNA (mRNA) for protein synthesis. New ...
Within a hair’s breadth–forensic identification of single dyed hair strand now possible
Scientists develop modern analytical techniques as a tool for advancing forensic investigationsCredit: Shinsuke Kunimura from Tokyo University of Science In ...
New research project on environmental and safety aspects of stationary energy storage
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz The increasing use of battery technologies in the mobility sector and in stationary applications ...
Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug
Credit: Phil Robinson Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson's disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a ...
Using light, red blood cells and a honey bee peptide to deliver therapeutic proteins
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c01151 Protein therapies are often more potent and selective toward their biochemical ...
Colorado mountains bouncing back from ‘acid rain’ impacts
Credit: William Bowman A long-term trend of ecological improvement is appearing in the mountains west of Boulder. Researchers from the ...
Elsa Reichmanis elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Lehigh University professor, an internationally recognized expert in the field of microlithography, holds numerous patents and continues to innovate at ...
How to use antibodies to control chemical reactions
Researchers developed a strategy to synthesize functional molecules with specific diagnostic antibodiesCredit: Illustration by Oscar Melendre Hoyos Antibodies are remarkable ...
Shining a light on the weird world of dihydrogen phosphate anions
Credit: UNSW Sydney Scientists at UNSW Sydney, together with collaborators from Western Sydney University and The Netherlands, were surprised to ...
Paper-based electrochemical sensor can detect COVID-19 in less than five minutes
Credit: University of Illinois As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, testing remains a key strategy for ...
Arctic ground squirrels recycle nutrients to endure deep hibernation
Credit: Carla Frare photo By studying the body chemistry of hibernating Arctic ground squirrels, researchers have found that the animals ...
