Releasing the brakes
Two regulators of protein filament assembly use dramatically different -- and competing -- methods to inhibit a common target.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2010
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Studying cell signaling using single-molecule imaging
The ability to observe individual proteins as they react and combine provides remarkable insights into the complex world of cell signaling
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2010
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Few white voters upset about Obama victory despite lingering racism
Racism may be less of a factor in politics than other realms of life, according to a new University of Florida study, which found few white voters in Florida to be upset by the presidential candidacy of a black man, and many ...
Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2010
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Temporal coherence: Future laser technology reaches new era
Even as the Linac Coherent Light Source delivers X-rays with unprecedented power, marking a new era of X-ray science, a team of SLAC researchers is working to make such X-ray lasers even better. In a paper published yesterday ...
General Physics
Sep 13, 2010
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European partnership funds research toward robot aides for the elderly
A partnership among 20 European states, the European Union and a number of private enterprises has launched a three-year, 3.87-million-euro project to make robots capable of serving as adaptable, interactive, and above all ...
Other
Sep 13, 2010
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A signal change for antifungal agents
Chemical-genomic profiling of bioactive therapeutic compounds reveals therapeutically exploitable signaling activity at fungal cell membranes.
Biochemistry
Sep 13, 2010
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Younger, hotter Earth still not understood
Plate tectonics may not have operated on a younger and hotter Earth according to new research from the University of Bristol carried out on preserved remnants of ancient continental crust in the Hudson Bay region of Canada.
Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2010
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Freshwater toxins to blame for sea otter deaths
A potent toxin produced by bright-green blooms of freshwater bacteria has been flowing into the ocean and poisoning sea otters, according to a team of investigators led by scientists at the California Department of Fish and ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2010
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Researchers find rare hourglass dolphin
A rare hourglass dolphin underwent a post-mortem on Friday at Massey's Coastal-Marine Pathology Unit at Albany. It is one of only a handful of carcasses of the species ever examined by scientists.
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2010
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Nature's gift for gardening may hold key to biodiversity
Gardeners are used to cross-breeding flowers to produce pretty petals or sweet scents - now scientists have shown the importance of nature's talent for producing new types of flowers.
Evolution
Sep 13, 2010
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