Stem cells derived from adult cells, called human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), have great potential for basic research and regeneration therapies. But for clinical samples to be safe, these cells need to completely ...
Biochemistry
Jan 20, 2017
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Special amplifying agents can make MRI scanners and NMR techniques hundreds of times more sensitive. Leiden physicists have now found a method to test their efficiency. More sensitive MRI scans could for example improve our ...
Biochemistry
Jan 19, 2017
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Graphene, the atomically thin sheets of carbon that materials scientists are hoping to use for everything from nanoelectronics and aircraft de-icers to batteries and bone implants, may also find use as contrast agents for ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 11, 2016
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A research team led by scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) has solved the three-dimensional structure of a key protein that helps damaged cellular DNA repair itself. Investigators say that knowing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2016
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A team of researchers from the department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada (UGR) has successfully used some of the waste produced in the olive-oil industry to elaborate surface active agents, specifically ...
Materials Science
Oct 19, 2016
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Vietnam and the United States on Tuesday launched the second phase of a dioxin clean-up in Danang, where millions of litres of Agent Orange were stored during the war between the former enemies.
Environment
Oct 18, 2016
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The E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite (EcAMSat) mission will investigate space microgravity effect on the antibiotic resistance of E. coli, a bacterial pathogen responsible for urinary tract infection in humans and animals. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 17, 2016
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Nerve agents are molecular weapons that invade the body and sabotage part of the nervous system, causing horrific symptoms and sometimes death within minutes. Few antidotes exist, and those that do must be administered soon ...
Nanophysics
Oct 5, 2016
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The macromolecular crystallography beamlines at the BESSY II X-ray source are specially designed to highly automated structural analyses of protein crystals. With up to now more than 2,000 solved structures of protein molecules, ...
Biochemistry
Oct 4, 2016
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Researchers have created a fabric material containing nanoscale fibers that are capable of degrading chemical warfare agents (CWAs). Uniform coatings of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized on top of the nanofibers, ...
Materials Science
Oct 3, 2016
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