A research team led by scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has revealed how secondary structure RNA elements control the cleavage activity of the DICER enzyme in both pre-miRNA and short-hairpin ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2022
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Plastics surround us, whether it's the grocery bags we use at the supermarket or household items such as shampoo and detergent bottles. Plastics don't exist only as large objects, but also as microscopic particles that are ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2022
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The BirdCast program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is exploring bird migration—one of the greatest, mostly unseen spectacles of nature—with its new Migration Dashboard, which reveals bird movements in localized detail ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2022
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Scientists have grown thin films of two different crystalline materials on top of each other using an innovative technique called "dative epitaxy." The researchers discovered the method by surprise.
Materials Science
Apr 20, 2022
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Experts from the University of Nottingham have developed new software which combines DNA sequencing and machine learning to help them find where, and to what extent, antibiotic resistant bacteria is being transmitted between ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2022
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Quality inspection of cereals runs through the whole process from grain production to consumption. Traditional grain quality detection methods are mainly wet chemical analysis methods, which are time-consuming, labor-intensive, ...
Biotechnology
Apr 20, 2022
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All modern organisms fall into two classes, eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Eukaryotes (from the Greek meaning "true kernel") have a cell nucleus that harbors most of the cell's genetic information and includes organisms such ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2022
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Benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instruments have huge application scenarios in the fields of food safety; on-line rapid component analysis in pharmaceutical, biological, and chemical laboratories; drug detection, ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 20, 2022
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An international group of researchers has measured how much a laser beam tugs on the water it shines through.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 20, 2022
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Researchers have developed global forecasts that can provide up to a year's notice of marine heatwaves, sudden and pronounced increases in ocean temperatures that can dramatically affect ocean ecosystems.
Environment
Apr 20, 2022
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