One of the big, unsolved problems in explaining how life arose on Earth is a chicken-and-egg paradox: How could the basic biochemicals -- such as amino acids and nucleotides -- have arisen before the biological catalysts ...
Biochemistry
Sep 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Birds do it, bees do it. Even scientists in labs do it. But the scientists can't hold a candle to the birds and the bees, who can make gobs of primo DNA without even thinking about it.
Biochemistry
Jul 23, 2010
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Scientists are reporting the first evidence that a plastic antibody -- an artificial version of the proteins produced by the body's immune system to recognize and fight infections and foreign substances -- works in the bloodstream ...
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest things hold the key to understanding complex effects. It turns out that a humble metal pull-chain -- just like those used on ceiling fans -- can be a pretty good model for complex properties ...
Polymers
Apr 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- First, Cornell researchers created DNA "bar codes" -- strands of the genetic material that quickly identify the presence of different molecules by fluorescing. Now, they have created new DNA molecules that ...
Bio & Medicine
May 20, 2009
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Arthropods and mollusks are Nature's true bluebloods - thanks to hemocyanin, an oxygen-carrying large protein complex, which can even be turned into the enzymatically active chemical phenoloxidase.
Biochemistry
May 12, 2009
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A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an innovative adsorbent known as plasma light amidoxime cellulose (PLAOC) to efficiently extract uranium from ...
Materials Science
Jul 13, 2023
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Epoxy resin monomers used in industry can result in severe contact allergies. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have now developed a new type of epoxy resin monomer that is far less allergenic and is based on a ...
Polymers
Apr 12, 2023
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The words "if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another" were originally published in 1814 in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. At the time, the words were printed using revolutionary steam-powered printers ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 23, 2021
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Employees of the Department of Physical Chemistry of Kazan Federal University have found that the mechanisms of polymerization of aryl cyanates in the solid state and in the melted state differ in the number of broken multiple ...
Polymers
Jul 22, 2020
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