Viruses are ubiquitous pathogens that can cause severe infectious diseases in both humans and agricultural crops. As most viruses have simple genomes and encode only a few proteins, they must usurp host cell resources for ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 13, 2020
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The vast majority of cells in the human body contain tiny power plants known as mitochondria that generate much of the energy cells use for day-to-day activities. Like a dynamic renewable resource, these little power plants ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 11, 2020
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Homologous recombination is an essential process of DNA repair to maintain genomic integrity of the organism. Now, researchers from Japan have identified mechanisms that choose between alternate pathways of DNA repair to ...
Evolution
Apr 30, 2020
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The Gasser group discovered that silencing of heterochromatic regions—and more specifically of hundreds of Polycomb-target genes enriched for H3K27me3—can occur through selective RNA degradation, and not only through ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 24, 2020
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Billions of years ago, asteroid collisions resulted in the ejection of fragments hundreds of kilometers across and sharing similar orbits. The resulting groups are known as asteroid families.
Astronomy
Dec 19, 2019
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Researchers at Columbia University have developed a way to harness more power from singlet fission to increase the efficiency of solar cells, providing a tool to help push forward the development of next-generation devices.
Materials Science
Aug 19, 2019
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A next-generation EPR nuclear reactor in China has carried out its first chain reaction, French energy giant EDF announced Wednesday, becoming the second using the much-delayed European technology to reach the milestone.
Energy & Green Tech
May 29, 2019
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In a landmark experiment at the Accelerator Laboratory of the Department of Physics (JYFL-ACCLAB) at University of Jyväskylä, a beam of the short-lived nuclide 85As was produced through nuclear fission. The research group ...
General Physics
Apr 8, 2019
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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have extended an existing mathematical model so that it can be used to more accurately predict the products of fission reactions.
General Physics
Feb 6, 2019
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Much like shoelaces or dangly necklaces, DNA strands can tangle up in unruly knots. Specialized enzymes keep DNA organized when cells divide, so the cells split smoothly and don't get stuck. But in tumor cells, this failsafe ...
Biochemistry
Feb 5, 2019
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