Attosecond light pulses in the extreme ultraviolet have drawn a great deal of attention due to their ability to interrogate electronic dynamics in real time. Nevertheless, to follow charge dynamics and excitations in materials, ...
General Physics
May 12, 2016
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E. coli bacteria and an electronic device might seem to have little in common, but in a recent experiment, University of Maryland researchers linked them into the first closed-loop system able to communicate across the technological–biological ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 5, 2024
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Some of the most dreaded diseases in the world such as plague, typhoid and cholera are caused by bacteria that have one thing in common: they possess an infection apparatus which is a nearly unbeatable weapon. When attacking ...
Biochemistry
Mar 4, 2011
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Every living cell relies on proteins in order to function and the process of protein synthesis—translation—is critical for survival. Bacteria are no exception, with molecular machines involved in translation being one ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2022
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Recently, a research team led by Prof. WU Lifang from the Institute of Intelligent Machines of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) isolated a bacterial strain with extreme tolerance to selenite. They also discovered ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2020
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A collaborative research effort between the Departments of Chemistry at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and University of Jyväskylä (Finland) has resulted in the discovery of a gold compound exhibiting nucleophilic ...
Materials Science
Jan 22, 2019
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When one cell divides into two - that is how all forms of life are propagated - the newly born daughter cells have to be equipped with everything they will need in their tiny lives. Most important of all is that they inherit ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 12, 2016
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Light-absorbing molecules can transform photons into electricity or fuels by shuttling electrons from one atom to another. In many cases the molecules are surrounded by a solvent—water, in the case of photosynthesis—and ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 15, 2021
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For more than two decades, scientists have puzzled over how vertebrates make the essential polysaccharide hyaluronic acid, which has broad medical applications. One team took a different tack and solved the mystery.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 31, 2022
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After eluding researchers for more than 30 years, the VP3 protein of rotavirus has finally revealed its unique structure and function to a team led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine. The researchers discovered that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 16, 2020
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