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New MIT protein production protocol will speed up drug delivery

Added: 1 Jun 2020

MIT chemists have developed a protocol to rapidly produce protein chains up to 164 amino acids long…

How to fast without having to fast

Added: 28 May 2020

As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the …

Photoactivated enzymatic oxygen transfer

Added: 28 May 2020

Researchers at the Universities of Münster (Germany) and Pavia (Italy) have now identified an enzym…

Biohybrid organic battery combines nanocomposite and bacteria

Added: 27 May 2020

Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a programmable, biohybrid ma…

Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed

Added: 6 May 2020

The Infection Biology Unit of the German Primate Center (DPZ) - Leibniz Institute for Primate Resea…

Targeted prevention of preterm labour

Added: 27 Apr 2020

A new approach that targets problematic molecular pathway to prevent preterm labour and birth has b…

Rhamnolipids show promise in AMR fight

Added: 11 Sep 2019

Small biosurfactant molecules known as rhamnolipids could be the key to ending antibiotic resistanc…

Ebola patients cured with mAb drugs

Added: 13 Aug 2019

Two monoclonal antibody drugs will be used to treat Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Co…

Porous rocks support prebiotic evolution theory

Added: 7 Aug 2019

The water-air interface found at pores in volcanic rocks could have been the location of the chemic…

Algal biofuels face diverse pathogens

Added: 24 Jul 2019

DNA analysis of a predatory bacterium has revealed a much higher level of genetic diversity than pr…

Melanin shows promise for bioelectronics

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 28 Mar 2019

The electrical conductivity of a melanin pigment has been increased a billion-fold by Italian chemi…

DeepMind AI predicts 3D protein shapes

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 3 Dec 2018

A British technology company has used AI to predict the 3D structure of a protein based on its gene…

AI enhanced NMR sets record

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 19 Nov 2018

Swiss scientists have created a method that can be combined with NMR spectroscopy to determine the …

Efficient carbon conversion unlocked

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 15 Aug 2017

Researchers in the US have found a new, more efficient method to create carbon-based fuels from car…

New hydrophobic product created

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 24 Apr 2017

A new self-healing, water-repellent coating has been developed that could be used on a much wider r…

EU drive to increase expertise on chemical effects on humans

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 5 Jan 2017

An EU-backed study is to begin this month to increase the number of researchers able to assess the …

Study offers hope for cleaning radioactive water

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 22 Apr 2016

US scientists have discovered a new chemical method to immobilise uranium in contaminated groundwat…

Chemical camouflage for deadly snake

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 2 Feb 2016

Puff adders – the most dangerous snake in Africa – responsible for more than 30,000 deaths every ye…

Molecules that dominate bacterial secretion created

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 23 Dec 2015

Chemists have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic molecules secreted by bacteria.

DNA repair studies win Chemistry Nobel Prize

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 7 Oct 2015

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Tomas Lindah…