Yeast protein network could provide insights into human obesity
A team of biologists and a mathematician have identified and characterized a network composed of 94 proteins that work together to regulate fat storage in yeast.
A team of biologists and a mathematician have identified and characterized a network composed of 94 proteins that work together to regulate fat storage in yeast.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 1, 2015
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Google wants the wireless services that connect mobile devices to digital content to be cheaper and more reliable.
Telecom
May 4, 2015
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In the 21st century, design contests have emerged as a way to make rapid progress on tough computational problems. The million-dollar Netflix Prize, which sought to improve Netflix's movie recommendation algorithm, is probably ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 27, 2014
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Proteins are responsible for the vast majority of the cellular functions that shape life, but like guests at a crowded dinner party, they interact transiently and in complex networks, making it difficult to determine which ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 5, 2014
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It looks like the U.S. government is more conflicted about cellphones on planes than most American travelers. Even as one federal agency considers allowing the calls, another now wants to make sure that doesn't happen.
Telecom
Feb 21, 2014
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I find giant phones hard to carry and use, but I'm well aware that many people like the bigger images and text they offer.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 25, 2013
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A telecommunications security research group at the Technical University of Berlin earlier this month told an audience at the 22nd USENIX Security Symposium that they were able to hack phones by modifying embedded software. ...
(Phys.org) —A Stanford University bioengineer has helped develop a technology that can tweak the control systems that regulate the inner workings of cells, pointing the way toward future medical interventions that could ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2013
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University of Oregon biochemists have determined how tiny synthetic molecules disrupt an important actin-related molecular machine in cells in one study and, in a second one, the crystal structure of that machine when bound ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2013
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Transport proteins are responsible for moving materials such as nutrients and metabolic products through a cell's outer membrane, which seals and protects all living cells, to the cell's interior. These transported molecules ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 2, 2013
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