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Materials Science Jun 13, 2024

Researchers accidentally discover that mixing water with a peptide results in self-assembling and self-healing glass

A team of materials scientists from Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, both in Israel, working with a colleague from California Institute of Technology, in the U.S., has found that mixing a certain ...

Biotechnology Jun 10, 2024

Protein study could help researchers develop new antibiotics

A bacterial enzyme called histidine kinase is a promising target for new classes of antibiotics. However, it has been difficult to develop drugs that target this enzyme, because it is a "hydrophobic" protein that loses its ...

Cell & Microbiology May 16, 2024

Bioengineered enzyme creates natural vanillin from plants in one step

Vanilla extract is one of the most widely used flavoring compounds in food products and cosmetics. The pleasant and sweet smell of this classic flavor is imparted by the chemical compound "vanillin" found in the seed pods ...

Biochemistry May 16, 2024

Research team achieves rapid and reliable room-temperature phosphorescence chiral recognition

A research team led by Prof Zhang Guoqing from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have presented a novel molecular-solid sensor that enables rapid chiral recognition ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 4, 2024

Team develops portable swept-source Raman spectrometer for chemical and biomedical applications

In 1928, Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman and his colleague K. S. Krishnan discovered that when light interacts with matter, parts of the scattered light undergo changes in energy due to interaction with molecular vibrations, ...

Molecular & Computational biology Feb 6, 2024

Uncovering genetic metabolite markers associated with anthracnose resistance to blueberry fruit rot

Anthracnose fruit rot (AFR), caused by the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum fioriniae, is the most destructive and widespread fruit disease of blueberry, impacting fruit quality and yield. The reliance on fungicides prompts ...

Molecular & Computational biology Dec 21, 2023

Unveiling the role of autophagy in metabolism and growth for tomato fruit development

Autophagy, a eukaryotic mechanism for breaking down cellular components, is a vital process in lytic organelles such as vacuoles in yeast and plants, and lysosomes in animals. Research has predominantly focused on the model ...

Biochemistry Dec 19, 2023

New study explores amino acid that turns into gel in water

Hydrogels, ubiquitous materials in our daily lives, are the focus of scientific research published in Chemistry—A European Journal. Conducted by the SupraBioNanoLab at the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering ...

Plants & Animals Dec 18, 2023

Characterizing the role of oxidized tryptophan residues in repairing damaged photosystem II protein

Photosynthesis refers to the fundamental biological process of the conversion of light energy into chemical energy by chlorophyll (a green pigment) containing plants. This seemingly routine process in plants sustains all ...

Bio & Medicine Dec 4, 2023

Nature inspires a new wave of biotechnology

Biological molecules called peptides play a key role in many biological activities, including the transport of oxygen and electrons. Peptides consist of short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. They are ...

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