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Detecting metabolites at close range
13 hours ago
A novel concept for a biosensor of the metabolite lactate combines an electron transporting polymer with lactate oxidase, which is the enzyme that specifically catalyzes the oxidation of lactate. Lactate is associated with ...
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Research team uncovers lost images from the 19th century
14 hours ago
Art curators will be able to recover images on daguerreotypes, the earliest form of photography that used silver plates, after a team of scientists led by Western University learned how to use light to see through degradation ...
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Video: Hydrangeas, the strange color-changing flowers
14 hours ago
Savvy gardeners know that they can adjust the color of hydrangea blossoms between pink and blue by altering the pH of the soil. But pH isn't the entire story.
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Chemists report biorenewable, biodegradable plastic alternative
19 hours ago
Colorado State University polymer chemists have taken another step toward a future of high-performance, biorenewable, biodegradable plastics.
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Research conducted to obtain glass-ceramic materials from abandoned mine waste
19 hours ago
Research shows that abandoned mine waste can be transformed into glass-ceramic materials, and at a cheaper cost compared to traditional composite materials. This waste, located in open-air tanks, could be used to cover facades ...
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CryoEM study captures opioid signaling in the act
19 hours ago
Opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl are a mainstay of modern pain medicine. But they also cause constipation, are highly addictive, and can lead to fatal respiratory failure if taken at too high a dose. Scientists have ...
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Super-resolution imaging reveals mechanism of GLUT1 clustering
21 hours ago
Glucose is the primary source of energy and substrate for cells, and its uptake through the cell plasma membrane is largely dependent on the glucose transport (GLUT) family. GLUT1, one of the GLUT family members, is a ubiquitously ...
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Discovery of a new vehicle peptide opens up a drug delivery route
22 hours ago
In the field of anticancer therapeutics, cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have gained prominence because of their cytotoxic and anticancer activity in drug-resistant cancer cells. Peptides are compounds consisting of ...
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Template to create superatoms could make for better batteries
Jun 21, 2018
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have discovered a novel strategy for creating superatoms—combinations of atoms that can mimic the properties of more than one group of elements of the periodic table. These superatoms ...
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Chemists teach an enzyme a new trick, with potential for building new molecules
Jun 21, 2018
Princeton chemists have found a way to make a naturally occurring enzyme take on a new, artificial role, which has significant implications for modern chemistry, including pharmaceutical production. Their work appears in ...
