News tagged with protein residue

Small change makes a big difference for ion channels

Using a high-resolution single-molecule study technique, University of Illinois researchers have seen the very subtle differences between two branches of an important family of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Co-products and cornstalk residue can cut cow feed costs by a dollar a day

University of Illinois researchers recently discovered that feeding co-products and cornstalk residue in the winter can save cow-calf producers up to $1 per day per cow as compared to feeding hay.

Biology / Other

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

13,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Cache in Colorado Shows Evidence of Camel, Horse Butchering

(PhysOrg.com) -- A biochemical analysis of a rare Clovis-era stone tool cache recently unearthed in the city limits of Boulder, Colo., indicates some of the implements were used to butcher ice-age camels and ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 5