Six degrees of nuclear separation
Argonne scientists look to 3-D printing to ease separation anxiety, which paves the way to recycle more nuclear material.
General Physics
Oct 11, 2019
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News tagged with test tube
New study reveals mechanism for how disease-spreading prions can jump from one species to another
In a new study, researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified the structure of protein fibrils linked to a hereditary form of human prion disease. This insight, they say, reveals ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2022
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Researchers unveil first artificial enzyme created by evolution in test tube
(Phys.org)—There's a wobbly new biochemical structure in Burckhard Seelig's lab at the University of Minnesota that may resemble what enzymes looked like billions of years ago, when life on earth began to evolve – long ...
Biochemistry
Jan 30, 2013
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Bat species found to have tongue pump to pull in nectar
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers affiliated with the University of Ulm in Germany and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has found that one species of bat has a method of collecting nectar that has never ...
Origins of life could have started with DNA-like XNAs
Nagoya University scientists in Japan have demonstrated how DNA-like molecules could have come together as a precursor to the origins of life. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, not only suggest ...
Evolution
Apr 6, 2021
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DNA 'cage' could improve nanopore technology
Despite having a diameter tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair, nanopores could be the next big thing in DNA sequencing. By zipping DNA molecules through these tiny holes, scientists hope to one day read off ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 10, 2015
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Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure
With COVID-19 cases and deaths rising in the U.S. and globally, identifying new therapies to prevent and combat the virus is a top priority. Natural products from plants are an attractive option in the search for a cure. ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2020
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First step towards synthetic carbon dioxide fixation in living cells
Synthetic biology offers the opportunity to build biochemical pathways for the capture and conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2). Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology have developed a synthetic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 2, 2024
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Free choice of mate may boost pandas' sex drive, study says
Worried about the low sex drive of giant pandas in zoos, scientists have tried many things to get them in the mood—not least Viagra and "panda porn".
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2015
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Researchers track protein binding, build synthetic proteins to study gene expression
How does a nose remember that it's a nose? Or an eye remember that it's an eye?
Biochemistry
Jul 11, 2022
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