12-12-25 Autistic-like behaviors can be partially remedied by normalizing excessive levels of protein synthesis in the brain, a team of researchers has found in a study of laboratory mice. The findings, which appear in the latest issue of Nature, provide a p...

12-12-24 A research team led by biogeochemists at the University of California, Riverside has tested a popular hypothesis in paleo-ocean chemistry, and proved it false. The fossil record indicates that eukaryotes（真核生物） -- single-celled and multicellula...

12-12-20 Like sheets of paper marked with perforated（穿孔的） lines, gecko（壁虎） tails have unique structural marks that help them sever their tails to make a quick getaway（起步，逃走） . Though voluntarily shedding a body part in this manner is a well-k...

12-12-17 精彩对白 Julian: So that was incredible. Marley: He's been performing since he was 8. Julian: Wow! Marley: So, what are you doing now? Want to get something to eat with me? Like, gefilte fish tacos, perhaps. Julian: No, I can't stay. I'd love to, bu...

12-12-13 Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered a protein that does its best work with one foot in the grave. The study, which appears in the current issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, focuses on the nontraditional lifestyle of R...

12-08-22 How do stem cells preserve their ability to become any type of cell in the body? And how do they decide to give up that magical state and start specializing? If researchers could answer these questions, our ability to harness stem cells to treat dis...

12-08-06 Plants produce toxins to defend themselves against potential enemies, from herbivorous（食草的） pests to diseases. Oilseed rape plants produce glucosinolates to serve this purpose. However, due to the content of glucosinolates, farmers can only use...

12-07-27 A 500-year-old frozen Incan mummy suffered from a bacterial lung infection at the time of its death, as revealed by a novel proteomics（蛋白质组） method that shows evidence of an active pathogenic infection in an ancient sample for the first time....

12-06-28 Scientists have identified a new mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis（发病原理） . The results of the research project, partly funded by the Academy of Finland, have been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of th...

12-06-11 Enabling bioengineers to design new molecular machines for nanotechnology applications is one of the possible outcomes of a study by University of Montreal researchers that was published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology June 10. The scient...