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Technique Unlocks Design Principles of Quantum Biology
April 19, 2013 — Researchers have created a synthetic compound that mimics the complex quantum dynamics observed in photosynthesis and may enable fundamentally new routes to creating solar-energy ... > full story -
Random Walks on DNA: Bacterial Enzyme Has Evolved an Energy-Efficient Method to Move Long Distances Along DNA
April 19, 2013 — Scientists have revealed how a bacterial enzyme has evolved an energy-efficient method to move long distances along DNA. The findings present further insight into the coupling of chemical and ... > full story -
Surprising New Function for Small RNAs in Evolution
April 19, 2013 — Scientists have discovered a completely new mechanism by which evolution can change the appearance of an organism. The researchers found that the number of hairs on flies’ legs varies according ... > full story -
New Understanding of Asthma Development: Transmission of Respiratory Viruses in Utero
April 18, 2013 — The most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children, respiratory syncytial virus, can be transferred during pregnancy to an unborn baby, according to new ... > full story -
High-Salt Diet and Ulcer Bug Combine to Increase Risk of Cancer
April 18, 2013 — Numerous epidemiologic studies have shown that a diet high in salt is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer. Now researchers have shown that high dietary salt combined with infection by ... > full story -
Nanoparticles Found in Everyday Items Can Inhibit Fat Storage: Gold Nanoparticles Accelerate Aging
April 18, 2013 — An increase in gold nanoparticles can accelerate aging and wrinkling, slow wound healing and cause the onset of ... > full story -
Neural Activity in Bats Measured in-Flight
April 18, 2013 — Scientists have, for the first time, measured the activity of place cells in the brains of bats as they navigated in three-dimensional ... > full story -
Three Mutations at BRCA1 Gene Responsible for Breast and Ovarian Hereditary Cancer Identified
April 18, 2013 — Researchers conducted a functional and structural study of seven missense variants of the BRCA1 gene concluding that three of these variants are pathogenic, linked to the risk of suffering breast or ... > full story -
Outpatients, Hospital Patients Face Growing, but Different Problems With Antibiotic Resistance
April 18, 2013 — A new study concludes that problems with antibiotic resistance faced by outpatients may be as bad as those in hospitalized patients, and that more studies of outpatients are needed -- both to protect ... > full story -
Toxic Protein Made in Unusual Way May Explain Brain Disorder
April 18, 2013 — A bizarre twist on the usual way proteins are made may explain mysterious symptoms in the grandparents of some children with mental disabilities. The discovery may lead to better treatments for older ... > full storyMore:
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