10-10-21 Amid ongoing concern about plastic waste accumulating in municipal(市政的) landfills, and reliance on(依靠,信赖) imported oil to make plastics, scientists are reporting development of a new ultra-light biodegradable foam plastic material made f...
10-10-14 A team led by a scientist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has discovered a regulatory protein that influences where genetic material gets swapped(交换,交易) between maternal and paternal chromosomes(染色体) during the process...
10-10-07 Scientists have discovered a mechanism which raises blood pressure in pre-eclampsia(子痫前期) , a potentially deadly condition which occurs during pregnancy. After 20 years of research, scientists from the University of Cambridge have now cracked...
10-09-29 Using a novel aptamer(适体,适配子) -based proteomics(蛋白质组) array technology, researchers and collaborators have identified biomarkers and protein signatures that are hallmarks of cancer at an early stage for two of the most aggressive and d...
10-09-27 Santa Cruz, CA, USA and Oxford, UK, 27 September 2010: Research published this week in Nature Nanotechnology shows a new method of enzyme-controlled movement of a single strand of DNA through a protein nanopore. The paper, by researchers at the Univ...
10-09-15 The research, unveiled at a press conference today (14 September 2010), shows that the watercress(豆瓣菜,西洋菜) compound is able to interfere with the function of a protein which plays a critical role in cancer development. As tumours develop th...
10-07-30 Tougher than a bullet-proof vest yet synonymous with(与同义) beauty and luxury, silk fibers are a masterpiece of nature whose remarkable properties have yet to be fully replicated in the laboratory. Thanks to their amazing mechanical properties as...
10-07-23 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have identified the three protein fragments that make gluten(面筋,麸质) - the main protein in wheat, rye(黑麦) and barley(大麦) toxic to people with coeliac disease(乳糜泻) . Their discovery opens...
10-07-23 A protein implicated in many biological processes also may play a role in memory, according to a study led by the University of Southern California and the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health. The findings, published thi...
10-06-27 A mechanism that regulates(调节,校准) stem- cell differentiation(细胞分化) in mice testes(睾丸) suggests a similar process that may trigger degenerative disease(变性疾病) in humans, according to a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences...