Blowfly protein key to terror poison antidote
A protein that costs the Australian sheep industry hundreds of millions of dollars each year may also pave the way to an antidote for chemical warfare agents.
Jun 04, 2013
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Molecular switch for cheaper biofuel
Biofuel is often obtained from starchy plants - but this places fuel production in competition with food production. At the Vienna University of Technology, genetically modified mold fungi are created, which ...
Jun 03, 2013
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Research on cilia heats up: Implications for hearing, vision loss and kidney disease
Experiments at Johns Hopkins have unearthed clues about which protein signaling molecules are allowed into hollow, hair-like "antennae," called cilia, that alert cells to critical changes in their environments.
May 12, 2013
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Plants use underground networks to warn of enemy attack
Plants 'talk' to plants to help them grow
Computer scientists, electrical engineers devising algorithms that look for useful new patterns in medical sensor data
Medical radiography is basically a species of photography. Historically, the patient's limb would be positioned between an x-ray source and a photographic plate. The plate would be exposed and developed, ...
Apr 23, 2013
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Surf's up: Turbulence tells sea urchins to settle down
(Phys.org) —Tumbling in the waves as they hit a rocky shore tells purple sea urchin larvae it's time to settle down and look for a spot to grow into an adult, researchers at the University of California, ...
Apr 09, 2013
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Symbiotic bacteria program daily rhythms in squid using light and chemicals
Glowing bacteria inside squids use light and chemical signals to control circadian-like rhythms in the animals, according to a study to be published on April 2 in mBio, the online open-access journal of the American Societ ...
Apr 02, 2013
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Worm research may help humans live longer
(Phys.org) —Look what might help us live longer—worms! Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) and Cornell have shown that roundworms can live up to 20 percent longer when ...
Mar 29, 2013
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Computer simulations yield clues to how cells interact with surroundings
(Phys.org) —Your cells are social butterflies. They constantly interact with their surroundings, taking in cues on when to divide and where to anchor themselves, among other critical tasks.
Mar 21, 2013
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Social bees mark dangerous flowers with chemical signals
Scientists already knew that some social bee species warn their conspecifics when detecting the presence of a predator near their hive, which in turn causes an attack response to the possible predator. Researchers ...
Mar 14, 2013
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New chemical probe provides tool to investigate role of malignant brain tumor domains
In an article published as the cover story of the March 2013 issue of Nature Chemical Biology, Lindsey James, PhD, research assistant professor in the lab of Stephen Frye, Fred Eshelman Distinguished Profes ...
Mar 01, 2013
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Metal ions regulate terpenoid metabolism in insects
Max Planck scientists in Jena, Germany, have discovered an unusual regulation of enzymes that catalyze chain elongation in an important secondary metabolism, the terpenoid pathway. In the horseradish leaf ...
Feb 28, 2013
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Researchers solve the 3-D crystal structure of one of the most important human proteins
(Phys.org)—A research team at Weill Cornell Medical College has solved the 3D crystal structure of a member protein in one of the most important classes of human proteins—the G protein-coupled receptors ...
Feb 27, 2013
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Locust's visual system inspiring new technology
The way in which the locust's distinctive visual system could be transferred into technology for state of the art vehicle collision sensors, surveilance technology and video games has been detailed as part of robotics research ...
Feb 21, 2013
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