Excessive CO2 emissions are a major cause of climate change, and hence reducing the CO2 levels in the Earth's atmosphere is key to limiting adverse environmental effects. Rather than just capture and store CO2, it would be ...
Materials Science
Apr 9, 2021
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Gear trains have been used for centuries to translate changes in gear rotational speed into changes in rotational force. Cars, drills, and basically anything that has spinning parts use them. Molecular-scale gears are a much ...
Nanophysics
Mar 25, 2021
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MedUni Vienna researchers led by Christian Gruber from the Institute of Pharmacology, with international collaborators, have shown that it is possible to dimerize the human neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin without forfeiting ...
Biochemistry
Feb 10, 2021
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Consider for a moment a tree swaying in the wind. How long does it take for the movement of a twig to reach the trunk of the tree? How is this motion actually transmitted through the tree? Researchers at the University of ...
Biochemistry
Feb 3, 2021
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With ever-worsening climate change, there is a growing need for technologies that can capture and use up the atmospheric CO2 (carbon dioxide) and reduce our carbon footprint. Within the realm of renewable energy, CO2-based ...
Materials Science
Jan 13, 2021
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Glutathione S-transferases (GST) is one of the most important phase II detoxification enzymes. It achieves detoxification by catalyzing the nucleophilic attack of glutathione (GSH) on the electrophilic center of the target ...
Materials Science
Oct 29, 2020
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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed a high-performance reusable ruthenium-based catalyst for the production of primary amines. Their method represents a major advance for the development ...
Materials Science
Sep 25, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a new compound that is able to kill both gram-positive and gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Biochemistry
Sep 4, 2020
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Several drugs, including those for depression, schizophrenia, and malaria, would not exist if not for a type of organic chemical compound called alicyclic compounds. These compounds are 3-D structures formed when three or ...
Materials Science
Aug 17, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the biggest global public health challenges. However, the pathogenesis of AD is still unclear.
Biochemistry
Jul 9, 2020
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