Biochemistry News
December 2, 2024
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Dec. 2, 2024 — A group of young students became bonafide biomedical scientists before they even started high school. Through a partnership with a nearby university, the middle schoolers collected and analyzed environmental samples to find new antibiotic ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — Scientists developed next-generation energy technology to produce eco-friendly hydrogen from ingredients in ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — Since the first fiber optic cables rolled out in the 1970s, they've become a major part of everything from medical devices to high-speed internet and cable TV. But as it turns out, one group of marine mollusks was way ahead of us. A new study ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — Scientists have a new way to use data from high-energy particle smashups to peer inside protons. Their approach uses quantum information science to map out how particle tracks streaming from ...
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Dec. 2, 2024 — An international team has tracked at BESSY II how heavy molecules -- in this case bromochloromethane -- disintegrate into smaller fragments when they absorb X-ray light. Using a newly developed ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — Scientists have invented a liquid ink that doctors can print onto a patient's scalp to measure brain activity. The technology offers a promising ...
Nov. 28, 2024 — The increased use of a chemical compound to replace TNT in explosive devices has a damaging and long lasting effect on plants, new research has ...
Nov. 27, 2024 — Using 'DNA origami' scientists have built innovative nanostructures that pave the way for advanced robotics that can deliver targeted drugs -- plus ...
Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers' new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn't sacrifice stretchability for ...
Nov. 27, 2024 — A tiny, four-fingered 'hand' folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — Researchers have clarified the conditions under which large numbers of 'squishy' grains, which can change their shape in response to external forces, transition from acting like a solid to acting ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — Chemists unravel how bicarbonate can protect cells from oxidative stress in a study that challenges how cell damage has been studied for ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — A team of researchers has developed an innovative imaging platform that promises to improve our understanding of cellular structures at the nanoscale. This platform, called soTILT3D for ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — Engineers and biochemists have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users to confirm contamination in fluids using a biogel test that changes color in the presence of such ...
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Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers have investigated how cationic polymers organize on a molecular level when transporting RNA ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — For the first time, beta- and gamma-naphthocyclinones were successfully synthesized in a laboratory, report scientists. By combining originally developed tactics and innovative strategies, ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — Researchers have created a novel protein-based gel as a potential ingredient in sustainable and high-performance personal skincare products (PSCPs). This protein-based material, named Q5, could ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — A team of researchers has successfully demonstrated nonlinear Compton scattering (NCS) between an ultra-relativistic electron beam and an ultrahigh intensity laser pulse using the 4-Petawatt laser. ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — Introducing the innovative 'UniMat' platform utilizing 3D engineered nanofiber ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — Not all plastics are equal -- some types and colors are easier to recycle than others. For instance, black foam and black coffee lids, which are often made of polystyrene, usually end up in landfills ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — Scientists have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies ever recorded on Earth. They provide evidence of cosmic processes emitting colossal amounts of energy, the ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — The world's thinnest spaghetti, about 200 times thinner than a human hair, has been ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new durable plastic that won't pollute our oceans. The new material is as strong as conventional plastics and biodegradable, but what makes it special is that it ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — Researchers have developed a groundbreaking microscopy method that enables detailed three-dimensional (3D) RNA analysis at cellular resolution in whole intact mouse brains. The new method, called ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — Chlorophyll (a naturally occurring pigment involved in photosynthesis)-inspired molecules hold promise for developing next-generation light-harvesting materials. However, achieving precise control ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — Protein design aims to create customized antibodies for therapies, biosensors for diagnostics, or enzymes for chemical reactions. An international research team has now developed a method for ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — A new study demonstrates a way to diminish the impact that tires have on the environment when they can no longer be used on vehicles. The process upgrades 6PPD -- a useful but environmentally harmful ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — While toxic in high concentrations, copper is essential to life as a trace element. Many tumors require significantly more copper than healthy cells for growth -- a possible new point of attack for ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Antibacterial drugs are important for treating infections. But increasingly, bacterial resistance to current drugs -- so they don't work well, or even at all -- means new ones are urgently ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — New spray developed by scientists could help boost UK farming and increase the UK's food ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Inspired by the jets of water that squids use to propel themselves through the ocean, a team developed an ingestible capsule that releases a burst of drugs directly into the lining of the stomach or ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — A speed record has been broken using nanoscience, which could lead to a host of new advances, including improved battery charging, biosensing, soft robotics and neuromorphic computing. Scientists ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — A new theory, that explains how light and matter interact at the quantum level has enabled researchers to define for the first time the precise shape of a single ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — It is the computational processing of images that reveals the finest details of a sample placed under all kinds of different light microscopes. Even though this processing has come a long way, there ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
- Self-Assembling Proteins Can Be Used for Higher Performance, More Sustainable Skincare Products
- Nonlinear Compton Scattering With a Multi-Petawatt Laser Producing Ultra-Bright Gamma Rays
- Breakthrough in Scalable Production of High-Quality Organoids
- Using Sunlight to Recycle Black Plastics
- Most Energetic Cosmic-Ray Electrons and Positrons Ever Observed
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Chemists Create World's Thinnest 'spaghetti'
- Bye-Bye Microplastics: New Plastic Is Recyclable and Fully Ocean-Degradable
- New Imaging Method Enables Detailed RNA Analysis of the Whole Brain
- Engineering Nature's Blueprint: Dendron-Based Assemblies for Chlorophyll's Materials
- New Method for Designing Artificial Proteins
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Research Aims to Roll Back Contamination Caused by Toxic Tires
- Tumor Cells Suffer Copper Withdrawal
- An Innovative Antibiotic for Drug-Resistant Bacteria
- Light-Altering Paint for Greenhouses Could Help Lengthen the Fruit Growing Season in the UK
- A Bioinspired Capsule Can Pump Drugs Directly Into the Walls of the GI Tract
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- New Ion Speed Record Holds Potential for Faster Battery Charging, Biosensing
- New Theory Reveals the Shape of a Single Photon
- Next Step in Light Microscopy Image Improvement
- New Method of Generating Eco-Friendly Energy
- Building Roots in Glass, a Bio-Inspired Approach to Creating 3D Microvascular Networks Using Plants and Fungi
- Raise the Roof: How to Reduce Badminton Birdie Drift
Monday, November 18, 2024
- Machine Learning and Supercomputer Simulations Help Researchers to Predict Interactions Between Gold Nanoparticles and Blood Proteins
- Effortless Robot Movements
- New Oral Drug to Calm Abdominal Pain
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024
- Scientists Transform Blood Into Regenerative Materials, Paving the Way for Personalized, Blood-Based, 3D-Printed Implants
- New Route to 'quantum Spin Liquid' Materials Discovered
- Material Developed With Novel Stretching Properties
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Deciphering the Anomalous Properties of Water
- Novel Electro-Biodiesel a More Efficient, Cleaner Alternative to Existing Alternatives
- Scientists Use Math to Predict Crystal Structure in Hours Instead of Months
- Breakthrough in Capturing 'hot' CO2 from Industrial Exhaust
- Long-Sought Measurement of Exotic Beta Decay in Thallium Helps Extract the Timescale of the Sun's Birth
- 'Cool' White Car Headlights More Likely to Dazzle Moths
- When Is a Hole Not a Hole? Researchers Investigate the Mystery of 'latent Pores'
- NeuroMechFly V2: Simulating How Fruit Flies See, Smell, and Navigate
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- 'Game Changer' In Lithium Extraction: Researchers Develop Novel Electrochemical Reactor
- New Model System for the Development of Potential Active Substances Used in Condensate Modifying Drugs
- An Advance Toward Inhalable mRNA Medications, Vaccines
- A Step Toward Safer X-Rays With New Detector Technology
- On the Origin of Life: How the First Cell Membranes Came to Exist
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Bioluminescent Proteins Made from Scratch Enable Non-Invasive, Multi-Functional Biological Imaging
- Lab-Grown Human Immune System Uncovers Weakened Response in Cancer Patients
- Synthetic Cells Emulate Natural Cellular Communication
- In Unity Towards Complex Structures
- Blood Vessel-Like Coating Could Make Medical Devices Safer for Patients
- Using CRISPR to Decipher Whether Gene Variants Lead to Cancer
Monday, November 11, 2024
- Storm in a Laser Beam: Physicists Create 'light Hurricanes' That Could Transport Huge Amounts of Data
- Research Team Successfully Produces Microbial Plastic to Replace PET Bottles
- Carbon Recycling Instead of Plastic Trash
- A New Paradigm in High-Speed Photoacoustic Small Animal Whole-Body Imaging
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Nanotechnology: Flexible Biosensors With Modular Design
- Researchers Drive Solid-State Innovation for Renewable Energy Storage
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Chemists Showcase Power of Pathbreaking Method to Make Complex Molecules
- Researchers Develop Robotic Sensory Cilia That Monitor Internal Biomarkers to Detect and Assess Airway Diseases
- Researchers Drive Solid-State Innovation for Renewable Energy Storage
- How to Improve and Accelerate Testing of Chemicals
- PFAS Removal Process Aims to Stamp out Pollution Ahead of Semiconductor Industry Growth
- GPS System for Microorganisms Could Revolutionize Police Work
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Scientists Calculate Predictions for Meson Measurements
- Pathogens Which Cling to Microplastics May Survive Wastewater Treatment
- New PFAS Testing Method Created
- Use of 'genetic Scissors' Carries Risks
- Earthquake Prediction Techniques Lend Quick Insight Into Strength, Reliability of Materials
- Detecting Evidence of Lung Cancer in Exhaled Breath
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
- Explaining Science Through Dance
- Advancing the Science of Superconductivity
- Two Key Genes Identified Linking Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis
Monday, November 4, 2024
- The Secrets of Baseball's Magic Mud
- Synthetic Genes Engineered to Mimic How Cells Build Tissues and Structures
Friday, November 1, 2024
- Fueling Greener Aviation With Hydrogen
- Improving Energy Production by Boosting Singlet Fission Process
- Revolutionary High-Speed 3D Bioprinter Hailed a Game Changer for Drug Discovery
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Violating Bredt's Rule: Chemists Just Broke a 100-Year-Old Rule and Say It's Time to Rewrite the Textbooks
- New Methods for Whale Tracking and Rendezvous Using Autonomous Robots
- Immune System Review Provides Insight Into More Effective Biotechnology
- 'Wearable' Devices for Cells
- A Newly Developed Algorithm Shows How a Gene Is Expressed at Microscopic Resolution
- New Method Successfully Recycles Carbon Fiber Composite Into Reusable Materials
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- New Illinois Study Explores Adoption of Robotic Weeding to Fight Superweeds
- Keeping Close Watch on Stem Cells
- Nanoplastics Can Reduce the Effectiveness of Antibiotics
- Paving the Way for Polymer Design
- Scientists Develop Cellulose Recycling Method With Applications Ranging from Textiles to Medical Devices
- Complexity of Tumors Revealed in 3D
- Breakthrough in Magnetism Could Transform Quantum Computing and Superconductors
- Combining VR and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: A Neurotechnology That Boosts Spatial Memory Without Surgery
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
- Reactor Could Make Direct Air Capture More Energy Efficient
- A Navigation System for Microswimmers
- Paving the Way for Harvesting and Storing Solar Energy Efficiently
- Ultrasound Can Be Used as Search and Rescue Tool for the Brain
- New Imaging Analysis Technique Revolutionizes Diagnostics of Head and Neck Cancers
- Advanced Biodegradable Plastics Run Rings Around Their Predecessors