Scientists in Poland have discovered that it is easy to clean and treat polluted water for extraction of valuable chemicals, such as those used in the production of drugs. The upshot of this is that the use of neither plants ...
Materials Science
Feb 24, 2012
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With few exceptions, all known proteins are built up from only twenty amino acids. 25 years ago scientists discovered a 21st amino acid, selenocysteine and ten years ago a 22nd, the pyrrolysine. However, how the cell produces ...
Biochemistry
Nov 18, 2011
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A team of researchers led by the University of Freiburg in Germany has identified a novel mechanism that plays a key role in the architecture and functioning of mitochondria - the power plants of the cell, giving cells the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2011
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Scientists at the University of Southampton have pioneered a chemical method of linking DNA strands that is tolerated by living organisms.
Biochemistry
Jul 1, 2011
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A team of EU-funded researchers has moved one step closer to using methane as a raw material.
Materials Science
Jun 23, 2011
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Our world is unique in that living organisms can undergo complex chemical reactions quickly and precisely, and sequence them together. But how can proteins integral to life effectively hasten these reactions? Researchers ...
Biochemistry
Jun 15, 2011
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Scientists are reporting an "important step" toward development of a universal blood product that would eliminate the need to "type" blood to match donor and recipient before transfusions. A report on the "immunocamouflage" ...
Biochemistry
Mar 9, 2011
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L. Keith Woo is searching for cleaner, greener chemical reactions. Woo, an Iowa State University professor of chemistry and an associate of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, has studied catalysts and the chemical ...
Materials Science
Mar 7, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In many significant natural products, furans are a key motif. These oxygen-containing five-membered heterocycles are also versatile building blocks in the construction of highly complex target structures. ...
Materials Science
Jan 7, 2011
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By examining the distinct wave patterns formed from complex biochemical reactions within the human body, diseased organs may be more effectively identified, says Zhengdong Cheng, associate professor in the Artie McFerrin ...
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Nov 16, 2010
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