Many researchers dream of deciphering the amazing ability of spiders to create super strong, super light, and super flexible silk threads—but so far, no one has been able to replicate the spiders' work.
Biochemistry
Jun 20, 2023
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Using a high-speed "electron camera" at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and cutting-edge quantum simulations, scientists have directly imaged a photochemical "transition state," a specific ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 26, 2023
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265
People's ability to regenerate bones declines with age and is further decreased by diseases such as osteoporosis. To help the aging population, researchers are looking for new therapies that improve bone regeneration.
Biochemistry
Apr 28, 2023
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201
The fossil remains of algae continuously accumulate in marine sediments, and these can be used to reconstruct past oceanic conditions. Molecular fossils, called lipid biomarkers, are of particular importance for this. They ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2022
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29
A recent study looked at four sanitizers that claim to be effective at inactivating human norovirus—and found that three of them had very little effect on the pathogen. The finding could inform efforts to reduce the risk ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2022
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet are introducing a new gold standard quality-control tool for counting of mRNA molecules in single cell sequencing. The new method is described in the journal Nature Methods.
Biotechnology
Jun 3, 2022
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In a new study, Yale researchers take a unique approach to identify the molecular signals that induce a critical trigger for hair follicle formation and regeneration.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2022
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Using the Hyper-CEST NMR technique, the team led by Leif Schröder from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) has managed to reveal two previously ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 31, 2022
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103
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a novel strategy for identifying potent miniature antibodies, so-called nanobodies, against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. The approach led to the discovery of ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 25, 2022
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High-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy can be used to determine complex conformational structures of both crystalline and amorphous polynuclear non-planar coordination molecules, as shown ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 6, 2021
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