The transport of amino acids and other molecules across the cell's membrane plays a crucial role in the metabolism of cells and, therefore, in human health. Current research hints that cancer, cystic fibrosis, aminoacidurias ...
Biochemistry
Oct 6, 2020
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A team from the Institute of Molecular Science (ICMol) of the University of Valencia has succeeded in synthesizing a new porous material that enables and guides the degradation of compounds analogous to nerve agents used ...
Materials Science
Sep 30, 2020
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A machine learning technique rapidly rediscovered rules governing catalysts that took humans years of difficult calculations to reveal—and even explained a deviation. The University of Michigan team that developed the technique ...
Materials Science
Sep 29, 2020
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A team of researchers from North Carolina State University has demonstrated a way to use low-energy, visible light to produce polymer gel objects from pure monomer solutions. The work not only poses a potential solution to ...
Polymers
Sep 16, 2020
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77
Rice University chemist Han Xiao and his team have successfully expanded the genetic code of Escherichia coli bacteria to produce a synthetic building block, a "noncanonical amino acid." The result is a living indicator for ...
Biochemistry
Aug 12, 2020
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Better understanding of the surface chemistry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is needed to reduce transmission and accelerate vaccine design.
Biochemistry
Aug 11, 2020
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390
By formulating positively charged fluorescent dyes into a new class of materials called small-molecule ionic isolation lattices (SMILES), a compound's brilliant glow can be seamlessly transferred to a solid, crystalline state, ...
Materials Science
Aug 6, 2020
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2853
Converting carbon dioxide to methanol, a potentially renewable alternative fuel, offers an opportunity to simultaneously form an alternative fuel and cut down on carbon dioxide emissions.
Materials Science
Jul 24, 2020
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A team of scientists at the University of Vermont have invented a new tool—they call it a "nanocage"—that can catch and straighten out molecule-sized tangles of polymers.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 10, 2020
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112
Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) have discovered a novel chemical compound that has the potential to become a new drug for the treatment of core symptoms of brain disorders ...
Biochemistry
Jul 10, 2020
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