Location: Cambridge, United States
In the 2,000 or so years since the Roman Empire employed a naturally
occurring form of cement to build a vast system of concrete aqueducts and other
large edifices, researchers have analyzed the molecular structure of natural
materials and...
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Location: California, United States
Abstract:
The ability to pattern nanostructures has important
applications in medical diagnosis,(1,
2) sensing,
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Location: Cambridge, United States
In the search for answers to the planet's biggest challenges, some MIT
researchers are turning to its tiniest organisms: bacteria.
The idea of exploiting microbial products is not new: Humans have long
enlisted bacteria and yeast to...
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Location: California , United States
Roughly the size of a matchstick, a slender titanium tube could become a
pint-sized weapon against chronic hepatitis C and a host of other debilitating
diseases.
Three UCSF/UC Berkeley doctoral students are designing a tiny implantable...
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Location: Marion Doucet or Nadine Peyrolo: @ pasteur.fr marion.doucet - 01 45 68 89 28, France
Through a study of human genetics in different populations around the world,
researchers at the Pasteur Institute and CNRS have discovered how pathogens may
vary over time the evolution of our immune system.
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to the nano requires finding a means to...
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Location: DR Inserm North - West, 1 avenue Oscar Lambret - BP 90005, 59008 Lille Cedex - Tel. : 03 20 29 86 70 : 03 20 29 86 70 , Belgium
The Bilhvax vaccine against schistosomiasis, entered its third phase of
development, phase of development in clinical research in Senegal to confirm its
effectiveness before it is placed on the market. To date, the vaccine was tested
among...
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Location: Minnesota, United States
Genetically engineering plants is a time-intensive process. Methods currently
used to deliver genetic changes are imprecise, so it's often necessary to
generate thousands of plants to find one that happens to have the desired
alteration....
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Location: Bonn, Germany
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn,
Germany, Cornell University, USA, and the University of Cologne, Germany, have
detected two of the most complex molecules yet discovered in interstellar space:...
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Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Researchers in Heidelberg discover new protein that is suppressed in
particularly aggressive cancer cell.
If cancer cells lack a certain protein, it could be much easier for them to
penetrate healthy body tissue, the first step...
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Location: New York, United States
Chemists at New York University and Harvard University have created a
bipedal, autonomous DNA "walker" that can mimic a cell's transportation system.
The device, which marks a step toward more complex synthetic molecular motor
systems, is...
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Location: Carnegie, United States
The single-celled green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii generates hydrogen by
fermentation under low oxygen conditions. Cells in photo are stained with
fluorescent dyes. Purple indicates DNA, green indicates flagella.
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Location: Illinois, United States
Chemists at the University of Illinois have created a simple and inexpensive
molecular technique that replaces an expensive atomic force microscope for
studying what happens to small molecules when they are stretched or compressed.
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Location: Los Angeles, United States
New research suggests that the layer of insulation coating neural wiring in
the brain plays a critical role in determining intelligence. In addition, the
quality of this insulation appears to be largely genetically determined,
providing...
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Location: Syracuse, United States
The new technology may lead to the development of improved medical implants
This is the tale of two biological substances—cells from mammals and bacteria.
It's a story about the havoc these microscopic entities can wreak on...
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Location: Ohio, United States
Researchers have developed a new way to perform chemical reactions involving only about 1,000 molecules. The method could prove useful in the rapid screening of chemical reactions when searching for new drugs and industrial materials.
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Location: COLUMBUS, United States
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have determined that a specific gene plays a role
in the weight-gain response to a high-fat diet.
The finding in an animal study suggests that blocking this gene could one day
be a therapeutic...
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Location: Pennsylvania, American Samoa
A simple, chemical materials model may lead to a better understanding of the structure and organization of the cell according to a Penn State researcher.
"Cells are interesting because they show organization even at the level of the cytoplasm,...
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Location: Edinburgh, United States
Researchers have moved closer to making silicon chips which could one day be
used to repair damaged tissue in the human body.
Edinburgh University has developed a technique, which allows neurons to grow in
fine, detailed patterns...
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Location: Florida, United States
Algae is a livid green giveaway of nutrient pollution in a lake. Scientists would love to reproduce that action in tiny particles that would turn different colors if exposed to biological weapons, food spoilage or signs of poor health in the...
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