Scientists decipher the tick-tock of biological clocks
Researchers at the University of California, Merced, have taken another step toward unlocking the mysteries of the biological clock.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 25, 2015
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Earth's daily rotation period encoded in an atomic-level protein structure
A collaborative group of Japanese researchers has demonstrated that the Earth's daily rotation period (24 hours) is encoded in the KaiC protein at the atomic level, a small, 10 nm-diameter biomolecule expressed in cyanobacterial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 25, 2015
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Backward-moving glacier helps scientists explain glacial earthquakes
The relentless flow of a glacier may seem unstoppable, but a team of UK and US researchers have shown that during some calving events - when an iceberg breaks off into the ocean - the glacier moves rapidly backward and downward, ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2015
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Genetic discovery uncovers key tool for morphine production in poppies
Scientists at the University of York and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia have made a key genetic discovery in poppies, paving the way for more effective painkillers.
Biotechnology
Jun 25, 2015
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To be sperm, or not to be sperm? Discovery of genetic switch that determines germ cell fate
Researchers in Japan have found, for the first time in vertebrates, a genetic switch that determines whether germ cells become sperm or eggs. The gene is named foxl3, and has been identified using a small fish called medaka ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2015
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How comets were assembled
Rosetta's target "Chury" and other comets observed by space missions show common evidence of layered structures and bi-lobed shapes. With 3D computer simulations Martin Jutzi of PlanetS at the University of Bern was able ...
Space Exploration
May 29, 2015
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Mosquito sex-determining gene could help fight dengue fever
Males aren't relevant—at least when it comes to disease transmission by mosquitoes.
Biotechnology
May 21, 2015
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Near-atomic resolution of protein structure by electron microscopy holds promise
A new study shows that it is possible to use an imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to view, in near-atomic detail, the architecture of a metabolic enzyme bound to a drug that blocks its activity. ...
General Physics
May 7, 2015
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Error-correction strategy allows precise measurement of transcriptome in single cells
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have devised a method of visualizing RNA molecules inside cells so that the identity, location, and abundance of more than 1,000 different RNA species can be determined at ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 16, 2015
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Summer storm weakening leads to more persistent heat extremes
Storm activity in large parts of the US, Europe and Russia significantly calmed down during summers over the past decades, but this is no good news. The weakening of strong winds associated with the jetstream and weather ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2015
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