The protein C4BP is similar to a spider in its spatial form with eight "arms". The structure of the "spider body" has recently been described in detail by researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2013
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This 'before and after' image could be thought of as stem cells' equivalent of an advert for anti-wrinkle cream: 'look how cells stay young!' It shows that a molecule called microRNA-142 allows stem cells to remain unchanged, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2016
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Plants have big genomes; a rare flower from Japan has a genome that is 50 times the size of a human's. These huge genomes, and associated large genes, can make it challenging for plant scientists to introduce precise genetic ...
Biotechnology
Nov 13, 2019
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How can high school students learn about a technology as complex and abstract as CRISPR? It's simple: just add water.
Biochemistry
May 7, 2019
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Education for the blind has lagged because science classrooms predominantly rely on visually-based materials. However, innovative new toolboxes on evolutionary biology, set to be released next year, may revolutionize science ...
Social Sciences
Jan 6, 2015
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Any way you slice it, bread that contains critical nutrients could help combat severe malnutrition in impoverished regions. That is the goal of a group of Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students who are using synthetic ...
Biotechnology
Oct 25, 2011
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A truth in science is that a theory may fail or succeed initially and be shot down later. Now put yourself in the shoes of elementary school students faced with stating an idea and then facing potential criticism, even ridicule, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2010
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University of Leicester-led research has shown that university students behave very differently when using social media as part of their academic learning.
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2013
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Monarch butterflies have long been admired for their sense of direction, as they migrate from Canada and the United States to Mexico. According to new findings from a team of scientists, including researchers from the University ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2013
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Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego and at St. Petersburg Academic University in Russia, have developed a one-of-a-kind, hands-on online learning tool that weaves together for the first time science ...
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2012
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