Australia is to play a significant role in the quest for artificial life as it joins an international project to create the world's first synthetic yeast, we can announce today.
Biotechnology
May 27, 2014
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Governments being forced to choose between preventing climate change or averting a financial crisis, carbon solar cells as an alternative source of energy and accelerated loss of rhinos and elephants are among 15 conservation ...
Ecology
Dec 23, 2013
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In 2008 the Spanish company PharmaMar, dedicated to developing marine-derived drugs against cancer, isolated a promising substance called pipecolidepsin A from the sponge Homophymia lamellosa collected off the coast of Madagascar. ...
Biochemistry
Sep 4, 2013
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A precisely designed macromolecule that mimics the binding of HIV to immune system cells could be used to stop the virus from physically entering the body, according to a new study led by a materials scientist at Queen Mary ...
Polymers
Sep 3, 2013
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Scientists at Washington University are undertaking an ambitious project to engineer tiny nitrogen-fixing devices within photosynthetic cells.
Environment
Aug 23, 2013
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Phosphorus, the 11th most common element on earth, is fundamental to all living things. It is essential for the creation of DNA, cell membranes, and for bone and teeth formation in humans. It is vital for food production ...
Environment
Apr 2, 2013
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It stiffens when heated and retains moisture a hundred times better than other gels. Chemists at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, have created a gel made from helical polymers. The molecules twist together to ...
Materials Science
Jan 23, 2013
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As pathogenic bacteria overcome our current arsenal of antibiotic drugs, new antimicrobial therapies with fresh modes of action are needed. A set of antimicrobials based on synthetic polymers is a promising approach. These ...
Biochemistry
Nov 21, 2012
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A new way of testing the safety of natural and synthetic chemicals has been developed by scientists with funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Their research, published in the journal ...
Ecology
Jun 29, 2012
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Silicon-based computers are fine for typing term papers and surfing the Web, but scientists want to make devices that can work on a far smaller scale, recording data within individual cells. One way to do that is to create ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 1, 2012
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