A chemical system can efficiently perform the first step in the process of creating syngas,…
Month: December 2013
Difficult dance steps: Learning how membrane transporters move
Researchers have tried for decades to understand the undulations and gyrations that allow transport proteins…
Study: It’s not easy ‘being green’
Think you don’t recycle enough? You’re not alone. However, people’s ability to overcome self-doubt plays…
Kids whose bond with mother was disrupted early in life show changes in brain
Children who experience profound neglect have been found to be more prone to a behavior…
Division of labor in the test tube
The division of labor is more efficient than a struggle through life without help from…
Reforestation in Lower Mississippi Valley reduces sediment
A modeling study shows that reforesting the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley can significantly reduce runoff…
Nanorobot for transporting drugs in the body
The first step has been taken towards developing a nanorobot that — in the long…
Importance of standardizing drug screening studies
A bioinformatics expert has recently published an article stressing the importance of standardizing drug screening…
New means of growing intestinal stem cells
Researchers have shown that they can grow unlimited quantities of intestinal stem cells, then stimulate…
Mice can inherit learned sensitivity to a smell
A surprising example of apparent inheritance of an experience: Researchers found that when a mouse…