Love-hate relationship of solvent and water leads to better biomass breakup
Credit: Michelle Lehman/ORNL, US Dept. of Energy Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering ...
Tag: Biochemistry
Common FDA-approved drug may effectively neutralize virus that causes COVID-19
Heparin could be used as a decoy to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cellsCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- ...
Biomedical instrument based on microvesicles
A paper saw light in Scientific ReportsCredit: Kazan Federal University Researchers have proved that a microvesicle-based instrument can be effective ...
New study shows how plants regulate their growth-inhibiting hormones to survive
Dimerization of OsGA2ox and OsDAO enhances its enzymatic activity. In a world with a consistently growing population and a climate ...
Genetic editing milestone in mouse model of Rett Syndrome
Editing technique repairs mutant MeCP2 RNA and restores MeCP2 protein functionCredit: Rett Syndrome Research Trust A genomic error that causes ...
How much fluorine is too much fluorine?
Credit: James Hanly For most of us, our closest encounter with the element fluorine is likely to be our toothpaste ...
Dancing chemicals: Innovative catalytic reaction for low-cost synthesis of aromatic esters
Scientists discover a novel "ester dance reaction" that can pave the way for various developments in organic chemistryCredit: Junichiro Yamaguchi ...
Scientists found a way to identify diseases by blood serum
Researchers developed a new dynamic light scattering method to determine the sizes of circulating immune complexes in blood serumCredit: Peter ...
Green is more than skin-deep for hundreds of frog species
Biochemical workaround makes pigment that tunes light to the exact shade of a green leafCredit: Santiago R. Ron DURHAM, N.C. ...
UMass Amherst team makes artificial energy source for muscle
Synthesizing an alternative fuel for muscle could lead to medical advancesCredit: UMass Amherst/Debold lab AMHERST, Mass. - A chemist and ...
Uncovering the architecture of natural photosynthetic machinery
Credit: Zhao, L., Huokko, T., Wilson, S. et al. Biological membranes play important roles in shaping the cell, sensing the ...
The colorful history of plastids
Credit: S Sibbald and J Archibald A billion years ago, a single-celled eukaryote engulfed a cyanobacterium--an organism capable of converting ...
Chemical offers new hope of finding treatments for neglected tropical diseases
Credit: Manuel Saldivia and Andrés Sánchez Scientists say they are a step closer to developing a drug to kill the ...
New bioink for cell bioprinting in 3D
Dynamic peptide-folding mediated biofunctionalization and modulation of hydrogels for 4D bioprintingCredit: Magnus Johansson A research group led by Daniel Aili, ...
Electron cryo-microscopy: Using inexpensive technology to produce high-resolution images
Credit: Panagiotis Kastritis Biochemists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have used a standard electron cryo-microscope to achieve surprisingly good ...
UQ researchers solve a 50-year-old enzyme mystery
Credit: The University of Queensland Advanced herbicides and treatments for infection may result from the unravelling of a 50-year-old mystery ...
Salmonella biofilm protein causes autoimmune responses — Possible link with Alzheimer’s
Credit: Debra Marshall/VIDO-InterVac Scientists from the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...
Dissecting fruit flies’ varying responses to life-extension diet
Study may help explain how genes and other factors influence an individual's response to restricting caloriesCredit: Alice C. Gray Changes ...
Scientists from Russia and Germany to develop new biotechnology using algae
Project to create a resource and CO2-neutral energy closed-loop technology from microalgae Chlorella sorokiniana and duckweed Lemna minor.Credit: Peter the ...
OPTN-ATG9 interaction accelerates autophagic degradation of ubiquitin-labeled mitochondria
Credit: TMiMS Researchers at TMIMS have revealed that PINK1 (a serine/threonine kinase) and Parkin (a ubiquitin ligating enzyme: E3) work ...
