Scientists develop new toolkit for exploring protein biology
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a broadly useful method to unmask new functional features of human proteins.
Biochemistry
Nov 1, 2016
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Rare New Mexico meadow jumping mouse populations discovered
Biologists who spent weeks in three New Mexico national forests searching for signs of an elusive, endangered mouse that looks somewhat like a tiny kangaroo have found what they call irrefutable evidence that it still lives ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2016
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3-D-printed permanent magnets outperform conventional versions, conserve rare materials
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that permanent magnets produced by additive manufacturing can outperform bonded magnets made using traditional techniques while conserving ...
Engineering
Nov 1, 2016
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Competence matters more than gender for women running for office
The nomination of the first woman presidential candidate by a major party has shattered some gender barriers, while at the same time reinforced certain stereotypes and double standards that still exist for women.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2016
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Study highlights diversity of arthropods found in US homes—from swabs of dust
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder used DNA testing and citizen science to create an "atlas" that shows the range and diversity of arthropods found in homes across the ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2016
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SwRI flips switch on LAMP in lunar orbit
A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) team successfully opened a "failsafe" door on the Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) instrument in lunar orbit, improving the quality of ultraviolet (UV) data it collects. The door, one ...
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2016
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HybPiper: A bioinformatic pipeline for processing target-enrichment data
With the rapid rise of next-generation sequencing technologies, disparate fields from cancer research to evolutionary biology have seen a drastic shift in the way DNA sequence data is obtained. It is now possible to sequence ...
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2016
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New discovery could help oral medicines work better
A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and The Dow Chemical Company have discovered a new method for customizing ingredients that help oral medications dissolve in the body and be absorbed into the bloodstream. ...
Materials Science
Nov 1, 2016
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Scientists confirm a structural similarity found in both human cells and neutron stars
We humans may be more aligned with the universe than we realize. According to research published in the journal Physical Review C, neutron stars and cell cytoplasm have something in common: structures that resemble multistory ...
General Physics
Nov 1, 2016
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Elephant poaching costs African economies $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue
The current elephant poaching crisis costs African countries around USD $25 million annually in lost tourism revenue, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications.
Ecology
Nov 1, 2016
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