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Amphibian Froth: Unusual linkage pattern in a blue protein found in the foam nests of tropical frogs

Chemistry /

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual blue protein called ranasmurfin and found in the foam nests of a Malaysian tree frog has aroused the interest of a team of British, Brazilian, and Malaysian researchers led by Alan Cooper at the ...





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Researchers find fossils of new type of European camel

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spanish researchers said Monday they have discovered evidence of a previously unknown type of camel which lived in Europe six million years ago.


Novel natural product from environmental DNA: Erdacin is a powerful antioxidant

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have not yet found a way to turn dirt into gold, but they are trying to find something valuable in it nonetheless: starting materials for novel pharmaceuticals.


UQ researcher on the hunt for viruses

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ scientist Ian Mackay is always on the lookout for that lucky find - well, if you consider unknown strains of the common cold virus lucky.


Scientists discover new information on spreading of cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A joint research group of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the University of Turku, led by Professor Johanna Ivaska, has discovered a mechanism lung cancer cells use when spreading into the body to form metastases.


Researcher identifies genetic pathway responsible for much of plant growth

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Iowa State University have discovered a previously unknown pathway in plant cells that regulates plant growth.


Scientists use math modeling to predict unknown biological mechanism of regulation

Scientists use math modeling to predict unknown biological mechanism of regulation

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A team of scientists, led by a biomedical engineer at The University of Texas at Austin, have demonstrated - for the first time - that mathematical models created from data obtained by DNA microarrays, can ...


Mystery E. coli genes essential for survival of many species

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have shown that E. coli - one of the best known and extensively studied organisms in the world - remains an enigma that may hold the key to human diseases, such as cancer.


Study finds new way deadly food-borne bacteria spread

Study finds new way deadly food-borne bacteria spread

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

University of Central Florida Microbiology Professor Keith Ireton has uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that plays an important role in the spread of a deadly food-borne bacterium.


Scientists gain new understanding of disease-causing bacteria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of scientists from The Forsyth Institute, the University of Connecticut Health Center, the CDC and the Wadsworth Center, have used state-of-the-art technology to elucidate the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, ...


Some Ningaloo Reef fish are 'homebodies'

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research shows that some fish species in Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park spend most of their time close to home, staying on the reef rather than travelling significant distances, as was previously thought.



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