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Imaging Methodology Reveals Nano Details Not Seen Before: Understanding Nanoparticles at Atomic Scale in 3-D Could Improve Materials
March 27, 2013 Scientists have produced 3-D images and videos of a tiny platinum nanoparticle at atomic resolution that reveal new details of defects in nanomaterials that have not been seen ... > full story -
Carbon Cycle: Four Cells Turn Seabed Microbiology Upside Down
March 27, 2013 With DNA from just four cells, researchers reveal how some of the world's most abundant organisms play a key role in carbon cycling in the ... > full story -
Caffeine-'Addicted' Bacteria: Finding May Lead to New Decontamination Methods, New Medicines
March 27, 2013 Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that -- literally. Their report describes bacteria being "addicted" to caffeine in ... > full story -
'Fountain of Youth' Telomerase: Scientists Successfully Map Enzyme That Has Rejuvenating Effect on Cells
March 27, 2013 Scientists have for the first time mapped telomerase, an enzyme which has a kind of rejuvenating effect on normal cell aging. The findings are a step forward in the fight against ... > full story -
New Insights Into How Genes Turn on and Off
March 27, 2013 Researchers have shed new light on methylation, a critical process that helps control how genes are expressed. Working with placentas, the team discovered that 37 percent of the placental genome has ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Driving Force Behind Prostate Cancer
March 27, 2013 Scientists have discovered the driving force behind the development of prostate cancer. Their research reveals the existence of a cancer inducing DNA re-alignment in stem cells taken from human ... > full story -
Neurodegenerative Diseases: Transmission Routes of Spreading Protein Particles
March 27, 2013 A new study on cell cultures gives insights into the mechanisms of neurodegenerative ... > full story -
New DNA Test Identifies Ingredients in Foods
March 27, 2013 Almost all foodstuffs contain the genetic material of those animal and plant species that were used in their preparation. Scientists have developed a novel screening procedure that provides for ... > full story -
Researchers Attach Lyme Disease Antibodies to Nanotubes, Paving Way for Diagnostic Device
March 26, 2013 Existing Lyme disease tests assess the presence of antibodies, which take weeks to form after the initial infection and persist after the infection is gone. Now, a nanotechnology-inspired technique ... > full story -
Potential Chagas Vaccine Candidate Shows Unprecedented Efficacy
March 26, 2013 Scientists are getting closer to a Chagas disease vaccine, something many believed impossible only 10 years ago. New research has resulted in a safe vaccine candidate that is simple to produce and ... > full story
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