Scientists engineer space-age molecules from nature's blueprints
The enzyme needed to introduce the key micronutrient selenium into bacteria looks something like a space station with 10 different docking stations.
The enzyme needed to introduce the key micronutrient selenium into bacteria looks something like a space station with 10 different docking stations.
Biochemistry
Apr 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Scientists have shown that mainland New Zealand has become an increasingly important winter habitat for southern right whales – a population hunted to near extinction in the 19th century – and members of ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Rice University physicists on the hunt for the origins of high-temperature superconductivity have published new findings this week about a material that becomes "schizophrenic"—simultaneously exhibiting the ...
Superconductivity
Apr 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Could this stone be the first meteorite from Mercury ever found? WUSTL's meteorite expert sifts the evidence.
Space Exploration
Apr 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A new study in the Netherlands has found a deep-sea microbe living in high-temperature hydro-thermal vents can thrive on chlorate and perchlorate anions. Perchlorate, an ingredient in rocket fuel and fireworks, ...
The deep oceans have yielded many mysteries that have puzzled people for centuries, from the giant squid to huge jellyfish that look like UFOs. To that list add a fish with totally transparent blood.
Plants & Animals
Apr 5, 2013
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Samsung Electronics Co. said its operating profit last quarter rose 53 percent over a year earlier, outpacing expectations for what's normally a slow time for consumer electronics sales.
Business
Apr 5, 2013
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The internet is blossoming into quite the virtual vineyard. Online wine options are everywhere, from flash sale sites like Lot18 offering daily deals to Facebook prodding you to send a little something for Aunt Suzy's birthday. ...
Internet
Apr 5, 2013
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A website thought to be the handiwork of Mark Zuckerberg at the age of 15 resurfaced on the Internet on Thursday, providing a glimpse into the early days of the famed Facebook co-founder.
Internet
Apr 5, 2013
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The haul from Japan's whaling mission in the Southern Ocean was a "record low" this year, a government minister said, blaming "unforgivable sabotage" by activists.
Ecology
Apr 5, 2013
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