The colors in a flower patch appear completely different to a bear, a honeybee, a butterfly and humans. The ability to see these colors is generated by specific properties of opsins—light-sensitive proteins in the retina ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2021
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An international research team has for the first time obtained the structure of the light-sensitive sodium-pumping KR2 protein in its active state. The discovery provides a description of the mechanism behind the light-driven ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 28, 2020
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The secrets behind magnetoreception—that is, the ability of some animals to sense Earth's magnetic field—are beginning to gradually unravel, thanks in part to a new study that demonstrates magnetic sensitivity in a completely ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2020
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New research has heralded a promising step for sufferers of wheat sensitivity or allergy.
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2020
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Proteins can be controlled with light of different wavelengths. Even several at once, thanks to a new tool.
Biochemistry
Mar 2, 2020
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A new strategy for designing light-sensitive proteins has been developed by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB). Such proteins, also known as optogenetic tools, can be switched on and off through light impulses, ...
Biochemistry
Aug 5, 2019
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An international team of researchers discovered a previously unknown visual system that may allow color vision in deep, dark waters where animals were presumed to be colorblind. The research appears on the cover of the May ...
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2019
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Damp cellar. Old socks. Rotten eggs. Steamy cow dung.
Earth Sciences
Nov 27, 2018
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Controlling individual brain cells using light-sensitive proteins has proven to be a powerful tool for probing the brain's complexities. As this branch of neuroscience has expanded, so has the demand for a diverse palette ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 18, 2018
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Berries really do pack extra punch – increasing the voltage of spinach-derived biohybrid solar cells developed by Vanderbilt researchers by up to a factor of 20.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 26, 2018
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