A New Technique Reveals How Immune Cells Locate Their Targets
MIT biological engineers have developed a simple way to identify B or T cells that interact with viral or bacterial proteins. The human body has…
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Alternative Therapeutics Provide an Indirect Approach to Beating Superbugs
Got a sore throat? The doctor may write a quick prescription for penicillin or amoxicillin, and with the stroke of a pen, help diminish public…
MIT Chemists Reveal Bacterial Enzyme That Can Produce Biodegradable Plastics
Researchers at MIT have determined the structure of a bacterial enzyme that can produce biodegradable plastics, an advance that could help chemical engineers tweak the…
Researchers Discover 305 Million-Year-Old “Early Spider” Fossil
A team of scientists has discovered the fossil of a 305 million-year-old arachnid, revealing more about the early origins of modern-day spiders. The new species,…
Scientists Discover the Remains of Cold Weather Dinosaurs
Scientists from Florida State University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have uncovered a new species of duck-billed dinosaur, a 30-foot-long (9-meter-long) herbivore that endured…
New Biosensor Detects Early Indicator of Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a biosensor that can detect very small quantities of amyloid-beta clusters, which could open the door to…
UCSD Biologists Develop New Method for Identifying Antibiotics
A newly published study details how biologists at UC San Diego developed a new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics. Biologists at the University of…
Study Reveals Copper Alloys Destroy Highly Infectious Norovirus
A newly published study reveals that copper alloys rapidly destroy the highly infectious norovirus. Scientists from the University of Southampton have discovered that copper and…
Research Shows NEETs Are Prime Suspects in Breast Cancer Proliferation
A newly published study from an international team of scientists found that reducing the expression of a pair of proteins known as NEETs, NAF-1, and…
Study Reveals Environmental Change Can Trigger Rapid Evolution
A new study led by scientists at the University of Leeds shows that short-term ecological change and evolution are intertwined and cannot reasonably be considered…
Lack of Sleep Leads to Eating and Weight Gain
A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that a lack of sleep leads to eating and weight gain, finding that sleep-restricted people…
Yale Researchers Engineer a System to Deliver a Safer Vaccine
In a newly published study, Yale University researchers detail how they engineered a system that tricks bacteria to deliver a safer vaccine, which could be…
Study Shows That Bees and Flowers Communicate Using Electrical Fields
Scientists from the University of Bristol have discovered that flowers use patterns of electrical signals in concert with the flower’s other attractive signals to enhance…
First Artificial Enzyme Created by in Vitro Directed Evolution
Using a noncatalytic protein scaffold, a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have generated the first artificial enzyme created by in vitro directed…
Researchers Identify a Superbug’s Secret to Antibiotic Resistance
Fighting to stop deadly infections like Staphylococcus aureus, scientists have now identified the structural basis for antibiotic multiresistance acquisition by S. aureus and suggest ways…
Study Links Immune Irregularities and Autism
A newly published study from scientists at Caltech suggests that specific changes in an overactive immune system can contribute to autism-like behaviors in mice and…