American researchers have developed a probe for marking biomolecules that begins to fluoresce only when it is "switched on" by binding. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the reaction takes place very quickly and ...
Biochemistry
Jun 7, 2013
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Scientists have come up with an entirely new way to monitor the health of Earth’s plants from space. In work published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2012
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The human genome codes for more than 20,000 different proteins, however the molecular role for many of these proteins is not known. As most proteins are conserved from fly to humans, understanding the molecular role of a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 8, 2016
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sanjeevi Sivasankar was looking for a better tool to study how cells adhere to each other.
Biochemistry
Nov 22, 2010
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Proteins associated with the regulation of organ size and shape have been found to respond to the mechanics of the microenvironment in ways that specifically affect the decision of adult cardiac stem cells to generate muscular ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 14, 2014
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Scientists working to understand the devastating bat disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) now have a new, non-lethal tool to identify bats with WNS lesions —ultraviolet, or UV, light.
Plants & Animals
May 29, 2014
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Scientists have revealed how a bacterial enzyme has evolved an energy-efficient method to move long distances along DNA. The findings, published in Science, present further insight into the coupling of chemical and mechanical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 19, 2013
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A research team from Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia have combined two emerging imaging technologies to better view a wide range of biomolecules, including proteins, lipids and DNA, at the nanoscale. Their technique, ...
Biochemistry
May 18, 2022
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For years, companies have been adding whiteners to laundry detergent, paints, plastics, paper and fabrics to make whites look "whiter than white," but now, with a switch away from incandescent and fluorescent lighting, different ...
Other
Apr 18, 2014
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Scientists have developed new image processing techniques for microscopes that can reduce post-processing time up to several thousand-fold. The researchers are from the National Institutes of Health with collaborators at ...
Biotechnology
Jun 29, 2020
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