Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are massive multi-protein complexes that act as passageways for the transport of molecules into and out of the nucleus. Given their central role in gene expression, growth and development, it ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 3, 2022
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Since the Industrial Revolution, the oceans have taken up about half of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), most of which are fixed by microbial plants (plankton) into solid organic matter.
Ecology
Dec 16, 2021
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Scientists from the United States and Europe announced plans Tuesday to create the biggest map of underground fungal networks, arguing they are an important but overlooked piece in the puzzle of how to tackle climate change.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2021
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Guoan Zheng, associate professor of biomedical engineering, has developed a new sensor technology that can perform large-scale microbial monitoring with high spatiotemporal resolution and high sensitivity.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 10, 2021
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Around 56 million years ago, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), one of the most famous historical hyperthermal events, led our planet to a super greenhouse condition. It is very important for us to understand how it ...
Ecology
Nov 8, 2021
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The endosperm, the tissue surrounding the plant embryo in the seed, has long been perceived as a nourishing tissue that is abandoned once the transition to the seedling is complete. A Swiss team, led by scientists from the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 26, 2021
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Genes aren't only inherited through birth. Bacteria have the ability to pass genes to each other, or pick them up from their environment, through a process called horizonal gene transfer, which is a major culprit in the spread ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 22, 2021
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A team led by Professor Dr. Bent Brachvogel, Head of Experimental Neonatology at the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, has discovered previously unknown regulatory mechanisms of tissue organization. Together ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 7, 2021
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The development of alveoli in organoids derived from mammary-gland tissue follows the same physical principles as the formation of discrete droplets in a water jet.
General Physics
Oct 5, 2021
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Active genes do not form clusters and share resources during early development in the fruit fly, according to a new study by New York University and Princeton researchers published in the journal Current Biology.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 5, 2021
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