New computer modelling could boost drug discovery
Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have developed a computer-aided data tool that could improve treatment for a range of illnesses.
Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have developed a computer-aided data tool that could improve treatment for a range of illnesses.
Biochemistry
Oct 26, 2021
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Scientists who specialize in studying the atom-by-atom choreography of enzymes have revealed new insights into the function of isopenicillin N synthase, an enzyme needed to produce some of the world's most critical antibiotics.
Biochemistry
Sep 7, 2021
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A research group led by Prof. Jiao Yuannian from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently reported a high-quality genome sequence of Aristolochia fimbriata, providing new insights into angiosperm ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2021
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The structure of a biomolecule can reveal much about its functioning and interaction with the surrounding environment. The double-helical structure of DNA and its implications for the processes of transmission of genetic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 14, 2021
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Titanium monoxide (TiO), an inorganic chemical compound, is a material that has eluded close study by physicists due to a dearth of high-purity single crystal samples. A team of researchers, though, has now been able to synthesize ...
Superconductivity
May 5, 2021
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The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has made around 10,000 metal—organic framework structures free to academics in the new CSD MOF Collection. This has been announced in a letter in Matter.
Materials Science
Apr 8, 2021
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Just how much space would you need to store all of the world's data? A building? A block? A city?
Biotechnology
Mar 3, 2021
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Numerous animals may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a large study modelling how the virus might infect different animals' cells, led by UCL researchers.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 5, 2020
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New research shows that safeguarding species and ecosystems and the benefits they provide for society against future climatic change requires effective solutions which can only be formulated from reliable forecasts.
Ecology
Aug 27, 2020
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For the first time, a complete time-calibrated phylogeny for a large group of invertebrates is published for an entire continent.
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2020
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