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A Turbocharger for Nerve Cells: Key Mechanism Boosts the Signaling Function of Neurons in Brain
June 14, 2013 — Locating a car that's blowing its horn in heavy traffic, channel-hopping between football and a thriller on TV without losing the plot, and not forgetting the start of a sentence by the time we have ... > full story -
Discovery of How a Gene That Regulates Factors Involved in Bacteria Pathogenicity Acts
June 14, 2013 — A discovery has been made of the way in which the glgS gene (now renamed as the “surface composition regulator”, scoR) acts in bacteria and how the mechanisms involved in bacterial ... > full story -
Odors from Human Skin Cells Can Be Used to Identify Melanoma
June 13, 2013 — Researchers identified odorants from human skin cells that can be used to identify melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. In addition a nanotechnology-based sensor could reliably differentiate ... > full story -
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Nanoparticle Opens the Door to Clean-Energy Alternatives
June 13, 2013 — Cheaper clean-energy technologies could be made possible thanks to a new discovery. An important chemical reaction that generates hydrogen from water is effectively triggered -- or catalyzed -- by a ... > full story -
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Context Crucial When It Comes to Mutations in Genetic Evolution
June 13, 2013 — Evolutionary biologists have found that whether a given mutation is good or bad is often determined by other mutations associated with it. In other words, genetic evolution is ... > full story -
How Diving Mammals Evolved Underwater Endurance
June 13, 2013 — Scientists have shed new light on how diving mammals, such as the sperm whale, have evolved to survive for long periods underwater without ... > full story -
Culprit Implicated in Neurodegenerative Diseases Also Critical for Normal Cells
June 13, 2013 — The propensity of proteins to stick together in large clumps -- termed "protein aggregation" -- is the culprit behind a variety of conditions including Huntington's and Alzheimer's. With this ... > full story -
New Fluorescent Protein from Eel Improves Key Clinical Assay
June 13, 2013 — Unagi, the sea-going Japanese freshwater eel, harbors a fluorescent protein that could serve as the basis for a new clinical test for bilirubin, a critical indicator of human liver function, ... > full story -
DNA Brings Materials to Life: DNA-Coated Colloids Help Create Novel Self-Assembling Materials
June 13, 2013 — A colloid is a substance spread out evenly inside another substance. Everyday examples include milk, styrofoam, hair sprays, paints, shaving foam, gels and even dust, mud and fog. One of the most ... > full story -
'Self-Cleaning' Pollution-Control Technology Could Do More Harm Than Good, Study Suggests
June 13, 2013 — Environmental scientists shows that air-pollution-removal technology used in "self-cleaning" paints and building surfaces may actually cause more problems than they solve. The study finds that ... > full story
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