Algae-Powered Fuel Cells Move a Step Closer to Reality
A new design of algae-powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more…
Biochemistry News
Chemists Reveal New Theory For How Life On Earth May Have Begun
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a fascinating new theory for how life on Earth may have begun. Their experiments, described today…
Shining Molecules Detect Tau Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease
Small shining molecules developed by scientists at Linköping University in Sweden can be designed to distinguish between plaque of different proteins in the brain. They…
Seasonal Color-Enhanced Images Reveal the Science Behind Stem Cells
At first glance, a pair of award-winning images created by University of Southampton postgraduate researcher Catarina Moura seem to have a seasonal theme. But look…
Synthetic Protein Assemblies Encapsulate Their Own Genetic Materials and Evolve
Scientists have created computationally designed protein assemblies, which display some functions normally associated with living things, in the search for ways to transport therapeutic cargos…
Chemists Synthesize Graphene Using only Light and Heat
Silicon — the shiny, brittle metal commonly used to make semiconductors — is an essential ingredient of modern-day electronics. But as electronic devices have become…
Researchers Compile First Atlas of the Healthy Human Heart
A healthy heart beats about two billion times during a lifetime – thanks to the interplay of more than 10,000 proteins. Researchers from the Max…
Laminin Alpha 5 is Crucial to Adolescent Brain Maturation
New research from Yale University reveals that the laminin alpha 5 molecule is crucial to the maturing of the adolescent brain. For a decade, the…
Researchers Discover a New Compound That Makes Cancer Cells Self-Destruct
A team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals the first compound that directly makes cancer cells commit suicide while sparing healthy…
Researchers Pinpoint Molecular Mechanism Behind Breast Cancer Risk
More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast cancer, Yale scientists have pinpointed the molecular mechanism…
DNA2 Molecule Helps Repair Chromosome Rearrangements Linked to Cancer
Researchers from Yale University have identified how the molecule DNA2 helps begin the complex process of repairing breaks in DNA that can cause chromosome rearrangements…
Scientists Develop New Cell-Analysis Method for Screening Biodiversity
A team of researchers has created a microfluidic system for ultra-high-performance screening in double emulsion droplets. This breakthrough development can be used when studying the…
‘NoBody’ – A Microprotein on a Mission
Using a technique that has revealed more than 400 new proteins too tiny to be found by other means, scientists from Yale University have helped…
Climate Change Threatens Boreal Coniferous Forests
New research from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry reveals that Boreal coniferous forests could see increased occurrences of fire as a result of global…
Biologists Extend Lifespan in Mice by 35 Percent
A team of biologists from the Mayo Clinic have shown that senescent cells – cells that no longer divide and accumulate with age – negatively…
Biochemists Identify Another Piece of the Parkinson’s Disease Pathology Puzzle
An international team has discovered that the LRRK2 kinase regulates cellular trafficking by deactivating Rab proteins. This finding illuminates a novel route for therapeutic development…
UCLA Nanoscientists Develop a Better Way to Remove Pollutants from Water
By using nanoparticles filled with enzymes, researchers from UCLA have developed a safer and faster way to remove pollutants from water. A team of researchers…
Scientists Reveal Previously Unknown Subunits of Telomerase
Scientists from UCLA have produced the clearest-ever images of telomerase. This new research could lead to new strategies for treating disease, aging, and cancer. An…
