News tagged with acid levels
Protein adaptation shows that life on early earth lived in a hot, acidic environment
A new study reveals that a group of ancient enzymes adapted to substantial changes in ocean temperature and acidity during the last four billion years, providing evidence that life on Early Earth evolved from ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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New antibiotic could make food safer and cows healthier
Food-borne diseases might soon have another warrior to contend with, thanks to a new molecule discovered by chemists at the University of Illinois. The new antibiotic, an analog of the widely used food preservative ...
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Micro-RNA blocks the effect of insulin in obesity
(PhysOrg.com) -- German researchers have discovered a new mechanism that leads to the development of type 2 diabetes in obesity.
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Researchers develop technique for measuring stressed molecules in cells
Biophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have helped develop a new technique for studying how proteins respond to physical stress and have applied it to better understand the stability-granting structures in normal ...
May 03, 2011 |
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Birch bark ingredient comes with many metabolic benefits
An ingredient found in abundance in birch bark appears to have an array of metabolic benefits, according to new studies in animals that are reported in the January issue of Cell Metabolism. In mice, the compound known as bet ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2011 |
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USF Study Shows First Direct Evidence of Ocean Acidification
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seawater in a vast and deep section of the northeastern Pacific Ocean shows signs of increased acidity brought on by manmade carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -- a phenomenon that carries with ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2010 |
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Fla. ridges' mystery marine fossils tied to rising land, not seas
Sea level has not been as high as the distinctive ridges that run down the length of Florida for millions of years. Yet recently deposited marine fossils abound in the ridges' sands.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Little known type of cholesterol may pose the greatest heart disease risk
Health-conscious people know that high levels of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol (the so-called "bad" cholesterol) can increase the risk of heart attacks. Now scientists are reporting that another form ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Adjusting acidity with impunity
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do individual cells or proteins react to changing pH levels? Researchers at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have developed a technique ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Novel polymer delivers genetic medicine, allows tracking
Theresa M. Reineke, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science, and colleagues in her lab at Virginia Tech and at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new molecule that can travel ...
Oct 06, 2009 |
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RNA snippets control protein production by disabling mRNAs
Short pieces of RNA, called microRNAs, control protein production by causing the proteins' RNA templates (known as messenger RNA or mRNA) to be disabled by the cell, according to Whitehead Institute scientists.
Aug 16, 2010 |
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Mammalian aging process linked to overactive cellular pathway
Whitehead Institute researchers have linked hyperactivity in the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) cellular pathway, to reduced ketone production, which is a well-defined physiological trait of aging in mice.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Algae for your fuel tank: New process for producing biodiesel from microalgae oil
The available amount of fossil fuels is limited and their combustion in vehicle motors increases atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. The generation of fuels from biomass as an alternative is on the rise. In ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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New study sheds light on genetics of rice metabolism
A large-scale study analyzing metabolic compounds in rice grains conducted by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and their collaborators has identified 131 rice metabolites and clarified the ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Tryptophan deficiency may underlie quinine side effects
Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side-effects associated ...
Jun 26, 2009 |
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