New DNA Computer Assesses Water Quality: Genetic Networks Mimic Electronic Circuits
Genetic networks mimic electronic circuits to perform a range of logic functions. Equipped with a series of eight small test tubes, the device glows green…
Biochemistry News
MIT Chemists Discover Structure of Protein That Pumps Toxic Molecules Out of Bacterial Cells
Protein Structure Offers Clues to Drug-Resistance Mechanism A new study sheds light on how a protein pumps toxic molecules out of bacterial cells. MIT chemists…
Engineered Bacteria Convert Captured Carbon Dioxide Into Valuable Chemicals for Fuels, Fabric, and Cosmetics
Engineered Bacteria Upcycle Carbon Waste Into Valuable Chemicals Bacteria are known for breaking down lactose to make yogurt and sugar to make beer. Now researchers…
How a Raw Pork Snack From Vietnam Could Help Us Keep Food Fresh, Naturally
Fermented meat snack is helping researchers develop a safe, all-natural food preservative. A traditional Vietnamese meat snack could hold the key to developing a safe…
Researchers Find Hundreds of New Proteins That May Influence Cystic Fibrosis
Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified hundreds of new proteins that could play a role in cystic fibrosis, and which may shed light…
How Life Came to Earth – Quantum Mechanical Tunneling Effect Might Play a Role
Research team from Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy finds clue to possible extraterrestrial origin of peptides. Researchers from the…
At Last: New Synthetic Tooth Enamel Is Harder and Stronger Than the Real Thing
Delivering what has been so challenging to produce, researchers present an engineered analog of tooth enamel – an ideal model for designing biomimetic materials –…
Bacteria Communicate Using Chemical Signals Comparable to Radio Waves
UCLA-led study could have implications for medical and sustainability research. The thought of bacteria joining together to form a socially organized community capable of cooperation,…
Gecko-Approved: Copycat Red Nectar Shows Promise as a Natural Colorant
Sustainable, natural dye could solve a challenge for the food and textile industries. Plants that secrete colored nectars are part of an exclusive club. To…
Cats in a Cage: Novel Hybrid Nanocages for Improved Catalytic Efficiency
A novel hybrid ferritin nanocage with histidine residues shows 1.5 times higher metal ion uptake and improved catalytic efficiency for alcohol production, find researchers from…
Chemists Use DNA To Build the World’s Tiniest Antenna – “Like a Two-Way Radio”
Researchers at Université de Montréal have created a nanoantenna to monitor the motions of proteins. Reported last week in Nature Methods, the device is a…
Key Molecule Identified That May Lead to New Treatments for COVID
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering studies hope to find drugs that work against variants. Many treatments for COVID-19 focus on the spike protein that the…
Profound Discovery on Origins of Life on Earth – Evolution of Metal-Binding Proteins
Researchers explored the evolution of metal-binding proteins across billions of years. Addressing one of the most profoundly unanswered questions in biology, a Rutgers-led team has…
First Nano-Sized Molecular Device Capable of Sensing and Altering Cells’ Bioelectric Fields
Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering…
Powerful New Superpower Molecule Could Revolutionize Science
When scientists discovered DNA and learned how to control it, not only science but society was revolutionized. Today researchers and the medical industry routinely create…
Using “Hairy Nanocrystals” To Decrease Side Effects of Cancer Drugs
Scientists develop plant-based ‘hairy nanocrystals’ to remove excess chemotherapy drugs from the blood. Millions of people around the globe are affected by cancer each year;…
Advanced Computer Model of Blood Enzyme May Lead to New Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease
New simulations reveal the mechanism of action and substrate specificity of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, a biomarker for cardiovascular disease. Membrane-associated proteins play a vital role…
Changing “Sponginess” of Cell Nuclei Help Them Decide Their Future
Shifting transmission of physical stimuli plays key role in cell differentiation. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered how the sponginess and stickiness of stem…
