How does a cell "decide" what type of cell to become? The question of "cell fate" has been explored for decades now, especially in the context of stem cell biology, but there are still gaps in our understanding. For example, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2022
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A research collaboration has discovered a new mechanism by which glucose that was captured by E. coli is then secreted from the bacterial cell as glucose-6-phosphate (G6P). This finding has significant applications for improving ...
Biochemistry
Apr 13, 2022
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is an anthropogenic chemical used as a raw material for plastics such as polycarbonate and epoxy resins, and for the inner coating of canned foods. BPA has been detected in human specimens, including fetuses. ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 13, 2022
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A team of researchers from the University of Siegen's Institute of Biology in Germany, working with a colleague from Marburg University, also in Germany, has found that common swifts use daily torpor as a means of saving ...
Sharing is key to living in society, whether it's toddlers sharing toys or nations sharing natural resources; but there's no avoiding the fact that one side getting more means that the other side gets less. Now, researchers ...
Biotechnology
Apr 11, 2022
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New research finds that longer and warmer autumns make it less likely that green-veined white butterflies will survive winter to emerge in spring. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society journal, Functional ...
Ecology
Apr 1, 2022
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Researchers have uncovered more about the physiological changes undergone by Japanese black cattle during feeding. Their discovery paves the way for easier evaluation of cattle's metabolic status, hopefully leading to the ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 31, 2022
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If average temperatures rise as projected in eastern North America in coming decades, at least one widespread amphibian species likely will be unable to adjust, and its range may shift northward, according to a new study ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2022
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Chemists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have developed an organic catalyst that can drive reactions using pyruvate—a key biomolecule in many metabolic pathways—that are difficult ...
Biochemistry
Mar 25, 2022
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Inside your body on the surface of cell membranes, a metaphorical communication and traffic network is underway as hormones—or chemical messengers—bind to cell membrane receptors to fine tune how the cell behaves. Once ...
Biochemistry
Mar 22, 2022
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