Biology is on the verge of getting its versions of the lever, wheel and axle, pulley and other basic machines that enable engineers to build almost any mechanical device, a new analysis has concluded.
Jun 4th, 2013
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Genetic engineers have found a trick, thanks to which fungi can be used for the production of biofuels far more cost effectively than before.
Jun 3rd, 2013
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Scientists have long been unable to fully explain how infections attack the body, but now a team of researchers, including one from the University of Central Florida, has taken a step closer to understanding how the process works in HIV-1. The results mean that one day that knowledge may prevent infection.
May 30th, 2013
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Finding could reduce need for blood donations, speed up research on therapies to treat diseases.
May 30th, 2013
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First view of micellar bundles revealed by EMSL electron microscopy tools, techniques.
May 29th, 2013
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A simpler and faster way of producing designer bacteria used in biotechnology processes has been developed by University of Adelaide researchers.
May 27th, 2013
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New tension gauge tether (TGT) laboratory method developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has broad applications for research into stem cells, cancer, infectious disease, and immunology.
May 23rd, 2013
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A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology.
May 22nd, 2013
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Many molecules have a right and a left form, just like shoes. In pharmaceuticals, it is important that the correct form of the molecule is used. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have been able to produce the one mirror image by using crystals with special properties. This can have a major impact on the production of pharmaceuticals.
May 22nd, 2013
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Breakthrough technology quickly separates large proteins and viruses from their surroundings, which improves purification of vaccines and protein therapeutics.
May 22nd, 2013
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Scientists at the University of California, Davis have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for light.
May 20th, 2013
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Scientists at RIKEN use X-ray diffraction to image whole, hydrated cells in their natural state for the first time.
May 17th, 2013
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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology report details on the biological mechanisms through which cells degrade own cellular material, allowing them to survive starvation conditions.
May 17th, 2013
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A new tool being developed by UT Arlington assistant professor of physics could help scientists map and track the interactions between neurons inside different areas of the brain.
May 16th, 2013
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Motion of individual cells within developing frog embryos resolved/X-ray tomography based on diffraction rather than absorption/new methods for developmental biology.
May 16th, 2013
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Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.
May 16th, 2013
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BBSRC, with input from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), has published a document outlining the impacts that their 2010 'Synthetic Biology Dialogue' has had in informing continued discussions around synthetic biology.
May 15th, 2013
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Some materials dissolve too quickly, before cardiac arteries can fully heal, and some hang around forever. Zinc, however, may be just right.
May 14th, 2013
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