Scientists can now use light to activate protein functions both inside and outside of living cells. The new method, called light-activated SpyLigation, can turn on proteins that are normally off to allow researchers to study ...
Biotechnology
Apr 17, 2023
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Two prominent origin-of-life chemists have published a new hypothesis for how the first sugars—which were necessary for life to evolve—arose on the early Earth.
Biochemistry
Apr 13, 2023
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They flash as a warning, glow red on standby mode, and light up your dinner table; light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have become indispensable in our daily lives. Somewhat less well-known, but just as ubiquitous, are organic light-emitting ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 12, 2023
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After nearly a century of scientific inquiry, scientists have at last been able to characterize a key component in the substance responsible for giving countless living organisms their color.
Biochemistry
Apr 11, 2023
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Researchers of the Smart Materials Lab (SML) and the Center for Smart Engineering Materials (CSEM) at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have reported a novel method of harvesting water from naturally occurring sources such as fog and ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 16, 2023
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Scientists have demonstrated in a new study that carbon-based molecules can be much more dynamic than previously thought.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2023
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A mystery about how a chemical compound found in nature could be synthesized in the lab may have been solved, scientists say—a breakthrough that could unlock new developments in medicine.
Biochemistry
Mar 10, 2023
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An international team with researchers from the University of Bayreuth presents a potentially groundbreaking discovery for nitrogen chemistry in Nature Chemistry: For the first time, a compound containing aromatic rings of ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 6, 2023
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A group of scientists from Durham University and University of York have twisted molecules to their breaking point in order to challenge the understanding of chemical bonds.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 6, 2023
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A team of chemists at the University of York has developed a low-cost, encapsulating hexatriacontane organogel that enhances the stability, handling, delivery, storage and portioning of sensitive reagents, making them safer ...
