The key to overcoming antibacterial resistance could lie in our ability to detect biofilms—a structure formed by bacterial communities that protects them from antibacterial drugs. Scientists at A*STAR have developed the ...
Biochemistry
Oct 7, 2016
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Every time we breathe, we bring crucial oxygen into the body. However, a very small part of this oxygen may be converted to so-called free radicals, which have the ability to damage our cells. The older we become, the more ...
Biochemistry
Oct 4, 2016
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In the right hands, the 88 keys on a piano offer unlimited creative possibilities. To a talented bioengineer, the molecules of the human genome likewise enable compositions of enormous complexity and inventiveness. A University ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2016
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In any given year, a synthetic chemist may set up several hundred chemical reactions. Many of these reactions will fail, so chemists temper their expectations.
Materials Science
Aug 12, 2016
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Scientists from ITMO University, the Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine and MIPT have developed a software program that quickly compares sets of DNA of microorganisms living in different environments. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 16, 2016
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New research into how a plant virus assembles could lay the groundwork for future use to carry drugs into the human body.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 10, 2015
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Scientists at TGAC, alongside European partners, have created a cutting-edge, open source community for the lifesciences. BioJavaScript (BioJS) is a free, accessible software library that develops visualization tools for ...
Biotechnology
Sep 2, 2015
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When it comes to developing efficient, robust networks, the brain may often know best. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have, for the first time, determined the rate ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 9, 2015
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A physicist, a mathematician, and an economist walk into a bakery. It sounds like the opening of a witty one-liner, but for Jeff Gore, the Latham Family Career Development Assistant Professor of Physics at MIT, it marks the ...
Ecology
Dec 30, 2014
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Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey have found evidence that climate change has fundamentally altered the way that life functions on an Antarctic seabed. A once diverse and complex biological system has become simplified ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 17, 2014
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