Inspired by your liver and activated by light, a chemical process developed in labs at Rice University and in China shows promise for drug design and the development of unique materials.
Materials Science
Jun 22, 2022
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Scientists rely increasingly on models trained with machine learning to provide solutions to complex problems. But how do we know the solutions are trustworthy when the complex algorithms the models use are not easily interrogated ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 02, 2022
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Deserts may seem lifeless and inert, but they are very much alive. Sand dunes, in particular, grow and move—and according to a decades long research project, they also breathe humid air.
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2022
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Years of toil in the laboratory have revealed how a marine bacterium makes a potent anti-cancer molecule.
Biochemistry
Mar 21, 2022
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A team of researchers led by Dr. Kourosh Ebrahimi from the School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, investigate the role of iron-sulfur ([FeS]) clusters and proteins in the immune response to viral infections.
Biochemistry
Feb 16, 2022
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38
A popular internet meme juxtaposes a picture of a female scientist working in a lab captioned "Vaccine Research" with that of a woman looking at her smart phone while sitting on the toilet captioned "Anti-Vax Research." The ...
Social Sciences
Jan 05, 2022
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Scientists at King's have used advanced microscopy techniques including FRET-FLIM microscopy, computational image analysis, biochemical and cell biological approaches to reveal a novel mechanism in how mammalian cells tightly ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 28, 2021
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89
Stock trading volumes in the United States have soared over the last year and much of it seems to be driven by retail investors. With thousands of stocks to choose from, what factors influence investors' decisions?
Economics & Business
Aug 12, 2021
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If the genome is the recipe of life, base pairs are the individual ingredients listed. These chemical structures form DNA, and every living organism on Earth has just four. The specific arrangements of these four base pairs—A, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 17, 2021
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2023
International scientists from around the world are warning that chemical pollutants in the environment have the potential to alter animal and human behavior.
Environment
Apr 14, 2021
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