Newly discovered RNA molecules hold promise for detecting and treating esophageal cancer
CLEVELAND—Irregularities in the body’s genetic coding to make proteins are linked to cancerous tumors. But most genetic material contains elements ...
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Mirror, mirror: A new way to recognize reverse-image molecules
Recognizing and separating enantiomers is a difficult task for chemical engineers — one might say it gives them a bit ...
Scientists “revive” Stone Age molecules
Breakthroughs in ancient genome reconstruction and biotechnology are now revealing the rich molecular secrets of Paleolithic microorganisms. In a new ...
A sweet solution to a cracking problem: Scientists design new bio-inspired molecules to promote bone regeneration
As people age, their ability to regenerate bones decreases. Fractures take longer to heal and diseases like osteoporosis only add ...
“Mirror-image” molecules pave new path for cancer drug discovery
LA JOLLA, CA—Scripps Research scientists have developed a new strategy for identifying small molecules that can change the function of ...
Lipid molecules help to get stroke therapies into the brain
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that, when a stroke therapy is linked to a specific kind ...
New study reveals design clues for silver-based superatomic molecules
In the past few decades, metal nanoclusters composed of noble metal elements such as gold (Au) and silver (Ag) have ...
New machine-learning approach enables to identify one molecule in a billion molecules selectively with graphene sensors
Graphene’s 2D nature, single molecule sensitivity, low noise, and high carrier concentration have generated a lot of interest in its ...
Mirror-image molecules can modify signaling in neurons
With the aid of some sea slugs, University of Nebraska–Lincoln chemists have discovered that one of the smallest conceivable tweaks ...
Using light to connect molecules
Molecular clusters are aggregates of molecules that are held together non-covalently, by relatively weak forces. When these clusters are excited, ...
Quantum chemistry: Molecules caught tunneling
Tunneling reactions in chemistry are very difficult to predict. The quantum mechanically exact description of chemical reactions with more than ...
CHOP researchers identify molecules that optimize immune presentation of antigens across the human population
Philadelphia, February 24, 2023—Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified variants of a chaperone molecule that optimizes the ...
Harnessing plant molecules to harvest solar energy
ROCKVILLE, MD – Our current solar panels aren’t very efficient; they are only able to convert up to about 20 ...
Does ice in the Universe contain the molecules making up the building blocks of life in planetary systems?
The James Webb Space Telescope – the most precise telescope ever built – was decisive in discovering the frozen forms ...
Mashing molecules: An innovative solution towards greener pharmaceuticals
The European Commission has awarded IMPACTIVE almost €7.7 million to reinvent and reinforce the pharmaceutical supply chain. Currently, the production ...
From molecules to cellular structures: Jan Brugués joined the Cluster of Excellence “Physics of Life” at TU Dresden
Physics of molecules leads to biological functions Credit: MPI-CBG/Katrin Boes Physics of molecules leads to biological functions "How do the ...
Making molecules faster: U-M discovery dramatically reduces time it takes to build molecules
Images With a big assist from artificial intelligence and a heavy dose of human touch, Tim Cernak's lab ...
Keeping SARS-CoV-2 closed for business with small molecules
The infamous spike proteins on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 help it bind to and enter human cells. Because of their ...
Princeton researchers reveal microscopic quantum correlations of ultracold molecules
Physicists are increasingly using ultracold molecules to study quantum states of matter. Many researchers contend that molecules have advantages over ...
BrightEyes-TTM: an open-source stopwatch to time activities between molecules inside living cells
Genoa (Italy), 26th January 2023 – A stopwatch to investigate what happens inside living cells at a thousandth of a millisecond ...
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A new synthesis method for three-dimensional nanocarbons
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Within just a few months a deadly epidemic killed all the black sea urchins in the Gulf of Eilat – a great threat to the coral reef in Eilat
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How eating natto might help to distress
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GPS tracking reveals how a female baboon stopped using urban space after giving birth
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Promising building blocks for photonic quantum simulators
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Study highlights long-term benefits of family-based care following institutional care