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Engineered coral pigment helps scientists to observe protein movement

Scientists in Southampton, UK, and Ulm and Karlsruhe in Germany have shown that a variant form of a fluorescent protein (FP) originally isolated from a reef coral has excellent properties as a marker protein ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain's master switch verified

The protein that has long been suspected by scientists of being the master switch allowing brains to function has now been verified by an Iowa State University researcher.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (36) | comments 1 | with audio podcast




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Automated image analysis arises from handcraft and machine learning

The amount of visual information increases with tremendous speed. The archives of television networks, image bank databases and social media in the web are all bursting with billions of pictures – and more is produced ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lunar boom: Why we'll soon be mining the moon

As history has repeatedly shown, where there are valuable minerals to be unearthed, adventurous humans will arrive in droves – even if it means battling extreme conditions and risking life and limb.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Maps of Miscanthus genome offer insight into grass evolution

Miscanthus grasses are used in gardens, burned for heat and energy, and converted into liquid fuels. They also belong to a prominent grass family that includes corn, sorghum and sugarcane. Two new, indepe ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research reveals novel transport mechanism for large ribonucleoproteins

The movement of genetic materials, such as RNA and ribosomes, from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is a critical component in a cell's ability to make the proteins necessary for essential biological functions. Until now, it ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new accelerator to study steps on the path to fusion

The just-completed NDCX-II, the second generation Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is an unusual special-purpose ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Archaeology expands beyond traditional scope into other sciences

The popular perception of archaeology is a team of dusty individuals in wide-brimmed hats unearthing treasures from a pharaoh's tomb or an ancient collection of Native American artifacts.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

X-rays create a window on glass formation: First ever visualization of how powder becomes molten glass

Scientists have for the first time visualised the transformation of powder mixtures into molten glass. A better understanding of this process will make it possible to produce high quality glass at lower temperatures, ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nuclear fusion simulation shows high-gain energy output

(PhysOrg.com) -- High-gain nuclear fusion could be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields, according to a series of computer simulations performed at Sandia National ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (43) | comments 120 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop novel technique to map protein interactions leading to better understanding of disease mechanisms

Scientists have developed a powerful new technique, named BioID, to screen for both interacting and neighboring proteins in their native cellular environment. Elucidating protein interactions is key to better understanding ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Anti-atomic fingerprint': Physicists manipulate anti-hydrogen atoms for the first time (Update)

The ALPHA collaboration at CERN in Geneva has scored another coup on the antimatter front by performing the first-ever spectroscopic measurements of the internal state of the antihydrogen atom. Their results ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (30) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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