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Chemists find secret to increasing luminescence efficiency of carbon nanotubes (Animation)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Chemists at the University of Connecticut have found a way to greatly increase the luminescence efficiency of single-walled carbon nanotubes, a discovery that could have significant applications in medical ...
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Researchers discover biological basis of 'bacterial immune system'
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria dont have easy lives. In addition to mammalian immune systems that besiege the bugs, they have natural enemies called bacteriophages, viruses that kill half the bacteria on Earth every two days.
Scientists gain new understanding of disease-causing bacteria
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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, ...
Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.
It takes two to infect: Structural biologists shed light on mechanism of invasion protein
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Bacteria are quite creative when infecting the human organism. They invade cells, migrate through the body, avoid an immune response and misuse processes of the host cell for their own purposes. To this end every bacterium ...
New stem cell technology leads to better treatment for complicated bone fractures
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A novel technology involving use of stem cells, developed by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, has been applied to provide better and rapid healing for patients suffering from complicated bone fractures.
Research shows power of FRET-based approach for distinguishing among distinct states of proteins
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In the December 2009 issue of the Journal of General Physiology, Moss et al. report a comprehensive investigation employing Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to study the {gamma}-amino acid (GABA) transporter GAT1, ...
Tactile input affects what we hear: study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Humans use their whole bodies, not just their ears, to understand speech, according to University of British Columbia linguistics research.
Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana
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The Aznalcóllar mining accident more than 11 years ago, which contaminated part of the Doņana National Park, also damaged reptile habitat there. Now a team of Spanish researchers, who have been studying ...
Galician waves are best for producing energy
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The best coastal areas in the Iberian Peninsula in terms of harnessing wave energy are the Costa da Morte and Estaca de Bares, in La Coruņa, Galicia, according to two pioneering studies by researchers from ...
Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you
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If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you -- bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you mi ...
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