The scientists conducted their experiments in Staphylococcus aureus, a common cause of skin, sinus and lung infections.
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A study from Indiana University has found evidence that extremely small changes in how atoms move in...
Traditionally speaking, crystals -- like salt, sugar or even diamonds -- are simply periodic arrangements of atoms in a three-dimensional lattice.
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Harvard physicists have created a new form of matter -- dubbed a time crystal --...
Tiny incubators were used to simulate early Earth conditions, tracking microbial diversity and methane emissions over a period of 500 days.
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech
For much of its first two billion years, Earth was a very different place: oxygen...
Risky alcohol consumption can increase at time of retirement
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Of retiring employees, 12 percent increased their risky drinking at the time of retirement. However, for most people, there was no change in risky level alcohol consumption...
Light-activated control of protein localization in mammalian cells. The protein is initially in the cytoplasm and excluded from the nucleus of the cell (blue area in the middle each cell). Upon illumination, the part of the protein that prevents...
Chemical signals (shown in purple and orange) switch an artificial receptor (shown as a grey helix) on and off. Credit: University of Bristol
Researchers from the University of Bristol have found a way to mimic the way cells in living...
The 3-D view of the nuclear lamina shows a section of the architecture of the delicate meshwork made of lamin filaments (filament rod in dark grey and its globular domains in red) beneath the cell nuclear membrane (transparent grey)...
Reservoir for heavy hydrogen: Molecules of the heavy hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium preferentially bind to copper atoms in a metal-organic framework compound. The metal atoms are therefore symbolically represented as shells in this image. Credit: University Leipzig /...
An illustrative summary of the developed organic luminescent material. Credit: Youhei Takeda
Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in their environment, like pressure and temperature. To date, most MCL materials only change between two...
Catalytic conversion of biomass-derived chemicals to renewable polymers occurs in laboratory stirred-tank reactors. Credit: University of Minnesota
A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has invented a new technology to produce automobile tires from trees and grasses...
This reusable, multi-layered and microfluidic device incorporates a porous growth substrate, with a physiological fluid flow, and the passive filtration of the capillaries around the end of a kidney, called the glomerulus, where waste is filtered from blood. Credit:...
