Nuclear pore complexes are best known as the communication channels that regulate the passage of all molecules to and from a cell's nucleus. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, however, have shown that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 4, 2010
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One of the important factors that need to be taken into account for anaerobic digestion is the lipid content of the organic waste. Indeed, a large quantity of lipids enables more gas to be produced: this is known as the methane ...
Materials Science
Dec 10, 2021
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Sometimes in research, just as in other areas of life, answers to fundamental questions can be sitting in plain sight. Researchers from Japan have discovered a key piece of the puzzle of plant evolution previously overlooked ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 29, 2021
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Whether it's self-driving cars, automated package delivery systems, or Barbie dolls that converse with children, the ways in which humans and robots interact is a rapidly growing field. Movies such as Star Wars, Wall-E, and ...
Robotics
Apr 26, 2016
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Carbon monoxide (CO) plays an important role in cell functions, by signalling responses that counteract inflammation, and cell growth and death. As a result, researchers have been in pursuit of molecules that release CO into ...
Materials Science
Nov 19, 2014
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In the new issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, Singapore scientists report the surprising discovery that a novel transcription factor, Nr5a2, can replace one of the classical reprogramming factors, Oct 4, to significantly ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2010
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