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New MIT protein production protocol will speed up drug delivery

June 1, 2020
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MIT chemists have developed a protocol to rapidly produce protein chains up to 164 amino acids long. The flow-based technology could speed up drug development and allow scientists to design...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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New technique for higher resolution molecular imaging and analysis

June 1, 2020
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A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method to conduct spectroscopic nanoscopy, an approach that could help researchers understand more complicated biomolecular interactions and characterize cells and diseases...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biotech, Biotechnology, Materials, Materials Science, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Plastic-eating superworms host biodegrading gut bacteria

May 29, 2020
News
Resembling giant mealworms, superworms (Zophobas atratus) are beetle larvae that are often sold in pet stores as feed for reptiles, fish and birds. In addition to their relatively large size...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Molecular Biology
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A roadmap for effective treatment of COVID-19

May 29, 2020
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Due to the devastating worldwide impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, there has been unprecedented efforts by clinicians and researchers from around the world to quickly...
Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Deep earthquake simulation may unravel geophysical mystery (video)

May 29, 2020
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New computer modeling by Magali Billen, professor of earth and planetary sciences at UC Davis, offers new understanding of our planet's deepest earthquakes and could help unravel one of the...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Environment, Geology, Tectonics
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Tracking the physics of biological cells using nanodevices (video)

May 27, 2020
News
For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning of development....
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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How to fast without having to fast

May 27, 2020
News
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the University of Warwick have found how cells respond to fasting and activate the process...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Health, Medical/Health
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Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer

May 27, 2020
News
Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzyme which becomes catalytically active when exposed to blue light and which immediately triggers a reaction...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria

May 26, 2020
News
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid material system combining nanocomposite and bacteria for power generation.
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Organic Chemistry
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Listen to the song of the Arctic unicorn (video)

May 26, 2020
News
With the help of Inuit hunters, geophysicists recently recorded the various calls, buzzes, clicks and whistles of narwhals as they summered in a Greenland fjord. The recordings help scientists better...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Marine Biology, Oceanography
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Rats recognise rhythm

May 26, 2020
News
Musical rhythm has very deep evolutionary roots and is present in some animals, according to a study of the biological foundations of music conducted in a mouse model by Alexandre...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Neuroscience
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DIY reagents for COVID-19 testing

May 19, 2020
News
Researchers in Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick have developed a way to create more crucial reagents for use in COVID-19 tests that could also provide enhancements to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biology, Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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