New membrane lipid measuring technique may help fight disease
Could controlling cell-membrane fat play a key role in turning off disease?
Biochemistry
Oct 9, 2011
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Lanpepsy is a novel protein that binds lanthanides with high specificity
Rare-earth elements, also known as lanthanides, are, contrary to what the name suggests, not rare. They are, however, challenging to purify from the environment. Only in the past few years, it became evident that life has ...
Biochemistry
Mar 1, 2023
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New method rapidly detects trace amounts of small molecule compounds
Russian researchers from Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GPI RAS) and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have developed the world's first ultrasensitive method for ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 7, 2018
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Scientists develop an effective approach to optimizing medicinal molecules
The search for new medicinal molecules with predetermined properties is a complex, expensive and time-consuming process, especially in oncology. Modern science allows us to accelerate this search through the use of computer ...
Biochemistry
Aug 14, 2018
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Scientists developing a pharmaceutical that stops convulsions
Scientists from RUDN University took an active part in the development of a chemical compound to stop convulsions during epileptic seizures. The results of the study were published in Chirality.
Materials Science
Nov 9, 2017
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Research team creates powerful system to identify biological threats
A team led by investigators from the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech has been selected through a competitive process to participate in a multimillion dollar program sponsored by the Intelligence Advanced Research ...
Engineering
Nov 6, 2017
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Researchers warn scientists of costly impure chemicals
Keele University researchers have published a paper recently warning fellow scientists of impure reagents that could skew results.
Materials Science
Feb 14, 2017
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Manipulating the rotational direction of artificial molecular motors using supramolecules
A research group jointly fabricated molecular motors on a metal substrate using supramolecules, and successfully reversed their rotation by rearranging bonding between molecules that constitute a supramolecule.
Nanophysics
Sep 2, 2015
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Bioluminescence reveals deep-water motion in the Mediterranean
In 2009 and 2010, the underwater neutrino telescope ANTARES detected an unusual phenomenon: the bioluminescence of deep-sea organisms suddenly increased, revealing an unexpected connection between biological activity-bioluminescence-and ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 11, 2013
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Dracula's children may lead to novel drug design
(Phys.org) —Vampire bat venom could hold the key to new treatments for stroke and high blood pressure.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 20, 2013
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