Emory scientists have identified a function for a mysterious DNA modification in fruit flies' brain development, which may provide hints to its role in humans.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2018
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A team led by a researcher who customarily studies nonhuman primate behavior has found that humans working in operating rooms (ORs) follow the same general primate patterns of hierarchy and gender.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2018
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Physicists developed a way to determine the electronic properties of thin gold films after they interact with light. Nature Communications published the new method, which adds to the understanding of the fundamental laws ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 5, 2018
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The laws for how granular materials flow apply even at the giant, geophysical scale of icebergs piling up in the ocean at the outlet of a glacier, scientists have shown.
Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2018
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The ancient genomes of the Tsimshian indigenous people left tell-tale markers on the trail of their past, revealing that at least 6,000 years ago their population size was on a slow but steady decline.
Archaeology
Apr 30, 2018
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In diseases such as malaria and sickle cell disease, red blood cells break down, with harmful effects on the rest of the body – particularly the lining of small blood vessels.
Engineering
Apr 30, 2018
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Microbiologists have identified a component of a genetic switch, which they call a potential "Achilles' heel", for a type of bacteria often associated with wounded warriors.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 23, 2018
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Anti-inflammatory drugs such as dexamethasone can have harmful side effects on the skin, bones and metabolism. Structural biology research from Emory University School of Medicine has implications for the long-standing quest ...
Biochemistry
Apr 11, 2018
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Now scientists have shown that when the objects are squishy instead of solid, the reverse is true. The journal Physical Review E published the findings by physicists at Emory University, demonstrating that when soft particles ...
Soft Matter
Apr 4, 2018
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Scientists discovered another key to how DNA forms loops and wraps inside the cell nucleus—a precise method of "packing" that may affect gene expression.
Biotechnology
Mar 15, 2018
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