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Protein accidentally lassos itself, helping to explain unusual refolding behavior
Proteins are long molecules that must fold into complex three-dimensional structures to perform their cellular functions. This folding process occasionally goes awry, resulting in misfolded proteins that, if not corrected, ...
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Mar 14, 2025
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Color-changing fluorescent dyes enable precise temperature measurements within living cells
Temperature is a critical variable that influences countless biological processes at the cellular level. However, precisely measuring temperatures within living cells remains challenging. Conventional temperature measurement ...
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Mar 14, 2025
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Artificial photosynthesis: Chemists develop dye stack that mimics plant energy conversion
With artificial photosynthesis, mankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists from Würzburg and Seoul have taken this one step further: They have synthesized a stack of dyes that ...
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Mar 14, 2025
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Synbiotic chocolate infused with pre- and probiotics could have potential health benefits
Many people will soon load up Easter baskets with chocolate candy for children and adults to enjoy. On its own, dark chocolate has health benefits, such as antioxidants that neutralize damaging free radicals. And a report ...
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Mar 13, 2025
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Zinc(II)-enhanced probe offers quick detection of synthetic cannabinoids
Synthetic cannabinoids, a class of new psychoactive substances, bind to cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 much more strongly than tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), raising public health concerns due to their ...
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Mar 13, 2025
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Molecular probe strategy enhances specific detection of psychoactive α-methyltryptamine
Tryptamine psychoactive substances, such as α-methyltryptamine (AMT), are monoamine alkaloids characterized by an indole ring structure. Rapid, highly sensitive, and specific identification of trace amounts of AMT is crucial ...
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Mar 13, 2025
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Electrochemical properties of biomolecular condensates could help in development of cancer or ALS treatments
Much of cell behavior is governed by the actions of biomolecular condensates: building block molecules that glom together and scatter apart as needed. Biomolecular condensates constantly shift their phase, sometimes becoming ...
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Mar 12, 2025
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Automated method increases the efficiency of bioactive natural product discovery
From caffeine to penicillin, natural products have become a mainstay in modern society, and are used for numerous applications, such as medicine and pesticides. There are tens of thousands of untapped natural products, but ...
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Mar 12, 2025
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Mosquito pain receptors found to be less sensitive during extreme heat, which could nullify some natural bug sprays
Hotter temperatures may render natural insect repellents less effective against mosquitoes, according to a new study. Researchers found that a pain receptor called TRPA1 becomes less sensitive in mosquitoes when exposed to ...
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Mar 12, 2025
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Photosynthesis research offers support for low-valence paradigm
A new Yale study aims to settle a longstanding question about photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert sunlight into fuel, with oxygen as a byproduct.
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Mar 12, 2025
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Drug building blocks pave path to new sepsis treatments
The immune system can typically ramp up the body's defenses to clear out an invading threat without issue. Glitches can happen, however, with sepsis occurring when the mustered army of cells also attacks the body's own tissues ...
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Mar 11, 2025
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First images capture cholesterol crystal formation in the body
A pair of University of Houston professors, known for their contributions to crystal engineering with specific breakthroughs in the design of therapeutics to prevent crystallization in human diseases, are discovering how ...
Biochemistry
Mar 11, 2025
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Essential oil modification boosts clove oil's emulsifying efficiency and antibacterial properties
Clove essential oil is a promising antibacterial substance. In a recent study, researchers from Dongguk University explore a sustainable way to create carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from clove residue left after extracting essential ...
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Mar 10, 2025
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Cold temperatures may trigger shapeshifting in metamorphic proteins
Metamorphic proteins can be thought of as the "shapeshifters" of human, animal and bacterial cells. Their ability to drastically switch between two different shapes enables them to adapt to changing environments and carry ...
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Mar 10, 2025
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Squid are some of nature's best camouflagers. Researchers have a new explanation for why
Nature is full of masters of disguise. From the chameleon to arctic hare, natural camouflage is a common yet powerful way to survive in the wild. But one animal might surprise you with its camouflage capabilities: the squid.
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Mar 6, 2025
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Packets of freeze-dried bacteria can grow biocement on demand
Cement manufacturing and repair could be significantly improved by using biocement-producing bacteria, but growing the microbes at construction sites remains a challenge. Now, researchers report a freeze-drying approach in ...
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Mar 5, 2025
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Researchers develop highly robust, reconfigurable, and mechanochromic cellulose photonic hydrogels
Inspired by the natural Bouligand structure, researchers have been developing advanced materials for applications in impact-resistant bioplastics, ceramic armor, and biomimetic alloy composites. Most existing materials are ...
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Mar 4, 2025
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Self-powered biosensor finds and kills bacteria in water samples
A small team of materials scientists and chemical engineers at Qingdao University, in China, has developed a self-powered, three-component biosensor that can kill bacteria in water samples. The study is published in the journal ...
Portable biosensor can detect airborne bird flu in under five minutes
As highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in the U.S., posing serious threats to dairy and poultry farms, both farmers and public health experts need better ways to monitor for infections, in real time, ...
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Mar 3, 2025
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Palladium-mediated reaction enables precision engineering of peptides and proteins
Pharmaceutical scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel chemical reaction that enables the precise functionalization of peptides and proteins. This approach could provide a useful tool ...
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Feb 28, 2025
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