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'We're not all that different': Study IDs bacterial weapons that could be harnessed to treat human disease
When it comes to fighting off invaders, bacteria operate in a remarkably similar way to human cells, possessing the same core machinery required to switch immune pathways on and off, according to new University of Colorado ...
Biochemistry
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New discovery dramatically reduces time it takes to build molecules
With a big assist from artificial intelligence and a heavy dose of human touch, Tim Cernak's lab at the University of Michigan has made a discovery that dramatically speeds up the time-consuming chemical process of building ...
Analytical Chemistry
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A chemoproteomic platform monitors Fe-S cluster occupancy across the E. coli proteome
Boston College chemists have developed a strategy to monitor the presence or absence of iron-sulfur clusters, which are essential to the function of diverse proteins, the team reported recently in the journal Nature Chemical ...
Biochemistry
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Wear and forget: An ultrasoft material for on-skin health devices
With cancer, diabetes and heart disease among the leading causes of disability and death in the United States, imagine a long-term, in-home monitoring solution that could detect these chronic diseases early and lead to timely ...
Biochemistry
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Mix of X-ray methods offers improved structure analysis
Sometimes scientists have to accept that a method they have used for years fails under certain conditions. Such a failure calls for a careful analysis of the shortcomings and their subsequent elimination. An international ...
Analytical Chemistry
20 hours ago
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New crystal growth orientation method manipulates properties of materials
A new method to grow single crystals and simultaneously control their growth orientation without melt processing has been discovered by Texas A&M University materials science and engineering doctoral graduate Dr. Hande Ozcan ...
Materials Science
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This loofah-inspired, sun-driven gel could purify all the water you'll need in a day
Access to clean water is being strained as the human population increases and contamination impacts freshwater sources. Devices currently in development that clean up dirty water using sunlight can only produce up to a few ...
Materials Science
23 hours ago
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Researchers discover new class of stomatal opening inhibitors
Plant stomata are pores in the epidermis of plant leaves. They play a key role in regulating the gas-water exchange between the plant and the atmosphere, which enables photosynthesis and transpiration. Stomata have been shown ...
Biochemistry
21 hours ago
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Novel method for designing new peptide therapeutics to combat antibiotic resistance
Hokkaido University researchers have developed a novel method to design and develop peptide antibiotics in large numbers, which will prove critical to controlling antibiotic resistance.
Biochemistry
22 hours ago
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Keeping SARS-CoV-2 closed for business with small molecules
The infamous spike proteins on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 help it bind to and enter human cells. Because of their important role in spreading infection, these spike proteins are one of the main targets for COVID-19 vaccines ...
Biochemistry
23 hours ago
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Surface-lattice-confinement effect accelerates hydrogen spillover
Hydrogen spillover is the dynamic migration of surface-adsorbed hydrogen species from hydrogen-rich sites to hydrogen-poor sites. It plays an important role in many H-involving reaction processes.
Analytical Chemistry
20 hours ago
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Scientists develop all-natural, wood-inspired aerogel
Chinese scientists have developed a surface nanocrystallization method to create all-natural wood-inspired aerogel with better thermal insulation and fire retardancy.
Biochemistry
21 hours ago
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Engineering cytochrome P450BM3 enzymes enables direct nitration of unsaturated hydrocarbons
Biocatalytic nitration is a promising method for the preparation of nitro compounds. However, few nitration reactions have been developed using biocatalysis due to the lack of native nitrating enzymes and/or the narrow substrate ...
Analytical Chemistry
21 hours ago
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Efficient CO₂ electroreduction to multicarbon products on a defective Cu catalyst derived from La₂CuO₄ perovskite oxide
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 into value-added fuels and chemical feedstocks offers a sustainable route to store renewable electricity and to mitigate carbon emissions. Currently, Cu is the most promising material ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Pancreatic cancer cells found to contain high levels of hydrogen peroxide
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are reputed for their involvement in carcinogenesis. Results from a study published in the journal Angewandte Chemie have now shown that the level of one such ROS, hydrogen peroxide, is significantly ...
Biochemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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Peptide 3D-printing inks could advance regenerative medicine
How do you build complex structures for housing cells using a material as soft as Jell-O? Rice University scientists have the answer, and it represents a potential leap forward for regenerative medicine and medical research ...
Biochemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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New horizons for organoboron and organosilicon chemistry with triple elementalization
In recent years, organic chemicals containing boron (B) and silicon (Si) have found applications in various fields, including optoelectronics and pharmaceuticals. Moreover, they can also serve as building blocks for complex ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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Tracing a plant chemistry puzzle to its roots
Graduate student Colin Kim had been making good progress on a scientific puzzle that had fascinated him since he joined Whitehead Institute Member Jing-Ke Weng's lab, trying to understand how coumarin synthase (COSY), an ...
Biochemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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Fine-tuning the properties of charge-segregated assemblies with counteranions
Scientists are constantly exploring new ways to design novel functional materials with tunable electronic properties. One promising area of research on this front is the use of π-electronic systems (systems in which the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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Cooperating catalysts provide new route for utilizing formate salts
Two catalysts working in tandem enable inexpensive formate salts to perform difficult dearomative reactions, resulting in products potentially useful for drug development.
Materials Science
Feb 7, 2023
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