Living a healthy lifestyle into old age can add five years to women’s lives and…
Month: August 2012
Mystery of operon evolution probed
New research suggests a possible explanation for the organization of operons, jointly controlled clusters of…
Photonic interactions measured at atomic level
By measuring the unique properties of light on the scale of a single atom, researchers…
‘Nanoresonators’ might improve cell phone performance
Researchers have learned how to mass produce tiny mechanical devices that could help cell phone…
Biophysicists unravel secrets of genetic switch
Biophysicists have experimentally demonstrated, for the first time, how the nonspecific binding of a protein…
Urinary protein excretion — even in the normal range — raises diabetics’ heart risks, study finds
For patients with type 2 diabetes, any degree of measurable urinary protein excretion —- even…
Antibody prevents hepatitis C infection in animal model
A monoclonal antibody tested in an animal model prevents infection by the hepatitis C virus…
Surviving drought: Discovery may help protect crops from stressors
New findings of a key genetic mechanism in plant hormone signaling may help save crops…
Moving toward regeneration
Scientists have shown how pluripotent stem cells mobilize in wounded planarian worms, to better understand…
‘Promiscuous’ enzymes still prevalent in metabolism: Challenges fundamental notion of enzyme specificity and efficiency
Open an undergraduate biochemistry textbook and you will learn that enzymes are highly efficient and…