(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical reactions are happening all over the place all the time -- on the sun, on the Earth and in our bodies. In many cases, enzymes help make these reactions occur. One family of enzymes, called cytochrome ...
Biochemistry
Nov 12, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A virus that normally deforms or kills plants like tomatoes, peppers and eggplants isn't all bad: A gene within the virus has been found useful for allowing foreign genes to be introduced into a plant without ...
Biotechnology
Nov 12, 2010
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A collaboration between a physician-researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and a mathematician from Harvard University has led to development of a mathematical model reflecting how red blood cells change in size ...
Mathematics
Nov 12, 2010
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Should global warming cause sea levels to rise as predicted in coming decades, thousands of archaeological sites in coastal areas around the world will be lost to erosion.
Archaeology
Nov 12, 2010
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A new study from The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research gives an insight into what offenders really think about their punishment.
Social Sciences
Nov 12, 2010
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The effects of global climate change could be minimised by transferring ‘best available’ low carbon technologies from the rich to the poor nations, say researchers at the University of Bath.
Environment
Nov 12, 2010
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When it comes to genes, it’s definitely possible to have too much of a good thing. Accordingly, mammalian females have a mechanism that randomly inactivates one of the two X sex chromosomes within each somatic cell nucleus, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 12, 2010
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Belgian researchers have improved the fruit fly as model for studying the connections between brain cells. The researchers developed a specific marker for a part of the fly's nerve cell which had previously been difficult ...
Biotechnology
Nov 12, 2010
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Cleaning up oil spills is a time consuming, difficult process. But a novel approach developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) uses a new kind of vacuum cleaner that blows bark or other absorbent ...
Environment
Nov 12, 2010
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Powdery mildew is a fungus that infects both crop and ornamental plants. Each year, powdery mildew and other plant pathogens cause immense crop loss. Despite decades of intense research, little is known of the plant molecules ...
Biotechnology
Nov 12, 2010
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