Michigan State University's Ben Orlando is a structural biologist who studies some of nature's smallest machines, sees how they are put together and figures out how they work. He's currently focused on proteins that bacteria ...
Biotechnology
Apr 7, 2022
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Protocell networks assembled by artificial cell-like compartments have been developed for the expansion of cell-mimicking functionalities, such as signal processing, protein expression, morphological differentiation, and ...
Biochemistry
Nov 16, 2023
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In the 1930s, the ability of green plants to form oxygen through oxidation of water–photosynthesis was discovered. Since then, no other large-scale biological formation of oxygen has been found, until now. New research ...
Environment
Jan 21, 2014
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A photographic airplane circles above an Australian vineyard in large arcs. An onboard camera takes pictures of the grapevines in regular intervals – anything but ordinary photos, though. Instead, this camera "looks" directly ...
Engineering
Sep 3, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Cellular processes in most organisms are regulated by an internal clock, and proteins called cryptochromes are at the core of its central oscillator. The three dimensional structures of cryptochromes from mouse ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 11, 2013
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Researchers at King's College London have discovered how coral produces natural sunscreen compounds to protect itself from damaging UV rays, leading scientists to believe these compounds could form the basis of a new type ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 31, 2011
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A collaboration of researchers, which includes scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) and Virginia Tech, have completed the genome sequence of Azotobacter vinelandii, uncovering important genetic information ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 17, 2009
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Currently, agriculture remains one of the most labor-intensive and vital sectors of human activity. For Lobachevsky University scientists, increasing its efficiency is one of their research priorities that requires the development ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2019
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Researchers are learning more about the brightly colored bacterial mats threatening the ecological health of coral reefs worldwide. In new research released this month, a Florida State University team revealed that these ...
Environment
Oct 16, 2020
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Host-cell enzymes called PARP12 and PARP14 are important for inhibiting mutant forms of a coronavirus, according to a study published May 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Stanley Perlman of the University of ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 16, 2019
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