Tracking the footprints of protein synthesis
To trace which proteins are produced and when, researchers say, just follow the ribosome "footprints."
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2018
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News tagged with cell components
Using diamonds to recharge civilian drones in flight
A small lab-grown diamond measuring a few millimeters per side could one day enable civilian drones to be recharged in mid-flight through a laser. Thanks to the diamond, the laser beam can remain strong enough over a long ...
Engineering
Nov 7, 2018
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Combined X-ray and fluorescence microscope reveals unseen molecular details
A research team from the University of Göttingen has commissioned a worldwide unique microscope combination at DESY's X-ray source PETRA III to gain novel insights into biological cells. The team led by Tim Salditt and Sarah ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 17, 2018
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New results show which proteins assist the natural recycling process in the body
Cells collect, decompose and recycle surplus or damaged cell material. This process, known as autophagy, is important, because cellular waste can be harmful to the entire organism if it accumulates in the cells. Like the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 14, 2018
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Electronic wool to take wearable tech from the catwalk to your wardrobe
Engineers are threading circuitry into clothes to create comfortable devices that could make electronic fashion the future of the textiles industry.
Engineering
Jun 26, 2018
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How a yeast cell helps crack open the 'black box' behind artificial intelligence
UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers developed a visible neural network and used it to build DCell, a virtual model of a functioning brewer's yeast cell.
Computer Sciences
Mar 5, 2018
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Using CRISPR to create a cell 'black box' to record cell life events
A pair of researchers with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has developed a technique that uses CRISPR to create cell event recording systems. In their paper published in the journal Science, Weixin Tang and David Liu ...
Uncovering bacterial cell wall secrets to combat antibiotic resistance
Cell walls—the jacket-like structures that surround all known bacteria—may turn out to be bacteria's undoing , holding the key to developing new drugs that target it for destruction.
Biochemistry
Nov 6, 2017
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A force-driven mechanism for establishing cell polarity
A team of researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore, along with colleagues from Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 6, 2017
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New study sheds light on disease-busting 'recycling bins' in our cells
Scientists have made an important step in understanding how cells keep themselves clean and healthy - a finding that may have implications for combating neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 13, 2017
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