A team of scientists led by James Godwin, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has come a step closer to unraveling…
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have turned a longstanding challenge in DNA data storage into a tool, using it to offer users previews of…
Most high-value chemicals are currently produced using fossil fuels – industrial chemistry’s use of petroleum accounts for 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions. An exciting…
“Now we can mimic the massive ‘experiment’ going on in nature — where these mutations pop up due to natural selection — but we can…
Dr. Katalin Karikó is the recipient of the 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Biotechnology recognizing her scientific contributions that directly led to the development…
The amyloid beta protein that tangles to form the hallmark Alzheimer’s brain plaques, cling to ultra-small “bowls,” called nanobowls, scientists find. They can use these…
The neuromorphic chip reliably and precisely detects high-frequency oscillations in previously recorded intracranial EEG. Credit: UZH, ETHZ, USZ Researchers from Zurich have developed a compact,…
Top view of a biobot, consisting of a muscle cell-laden hydrogel and a spring-like skeleton. Credit: IBEC Robotics field aims at mimicking what natural biological…
A Beemmunity employee, Abraham McCauley, applies a pollen patty containing microsponges to a hive as part of colony trials. Credit: Nathan Reid A Cornell-developed technology…
Testing of the “electronic nose.” Credit: Kobi Snitz Electronic nose might “sniff out” COVID-19-infected people at mass scale, according to a preliminary proof-of-concept study. [embedded…
Biologists led by the University of Iowa used a special technique called eDNA to discover an invasive species of tiny snails in streams in central…
Confocal microscopic image of cortical neurons after two-step labeling. The neurons were fixed, permeabilized, and immunostained with an anti-MAP2 antibody for visualizing the dendrite. Green…
Credit: Washington University In St. Louis New Tool Combines Ultrasound, Genetics to Activate Deep Brain Neurons Neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy have…
Alzheimer’s disease – also called dementia – where memory and cognitive functions gradually decline due to deformation and death of neurons, and Parkinson’s disease that…
The MSCS channel protein (pink) with its associated lipids (dark green, light green, red) embedded in a nanodisc (grey). Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Electron Microscopy…
96-well plates. Credit: Peter Duchek Researchers at the Vienna BioCenter designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples in…
The vaccine, made of disease-fighting proteins, could boost efficacy, accelerate production of seasonal flu vaccines. An experimental flu vaccine consisting of billions of tiny spherical…
Using EMBL Hamburg’s world-class beamline P12 at DESY’s PETRA III synchrotron, researchers directed powerful X-ray beams at artificial proteins called coiled-coil origami proteins. Credit: Fabio…
The CRISPR-based gene editor, C-to-G Base Editor (CGBE), opens up treatment avenues for up to 40 percent of genetic disorders caused by single-nucleotide mutations. A…
Cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of Binjari virus. The projecting spikes are a typical feature of immature flaviviruses such as dengue virus but reveal an unexpected organization.…