Producing heparin in the lab
Heparin is a potent anticoagulant and the most prescribed drug in hospitals. It is currently produced by extracting the drug from pig intestines. However,...
Food scientists ‘upcycle’ unsold bread into tasty probiotic drink and cuts food waste
Surplus bread is a major waste problem for bakeries and food retailers. While some unsold bread are donated to charities, most are resold as...
Air pollution decreased by 30% in Northeast U.S.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced hundreds of millions of people to self-isolate as entire countries went on lockdown in recent weeks.
Recently NASA has noticed...
Doughnut and headphone shaped proteins and their love for histones
Researchers found that in plants, doughnut shaped chaperones and headphone shaped proteins hold on to histone proteins very dearly, and help them in forming...
Physicists observed evidence of Majorana fermions
MIT scientists have designed a new material system that composed of nanowires of gold grown atop a superconducting material, vanadium, and dotted with small,...
How silver ions kill bacteria?
The antimicrobial activity and mechanism of silver ions (Ag+) have gained widespread attention in recent years. Although, it is still mysterious how kills bacteria.
Scientists...
Why males are larger than females in most mammals?
Females are often larger than males in most species. Contrary to popular belief, most mammalian species exhibit a bias in favor of male sexual...
Bethe Strings observed experimentally for the first time
Almost one century ago, string states - complex bound states (Wellenkomplexe) of magnetic excitations-Bethe strings - have been predicted to exist in one-dimensional quantum...
Antimicrobial insect wings hold clues for improved medical implants
Some insects, for example, dragonflies, have evolved nanoprotrusions on their wings that burst bacterias on contact. This has propelled the structure of antibacterial implant...
This protein sense light and temperature in plants
Temperature is a critical environmental cue influencing all aspects of plant development and growth. A better understanding of this mechanism will help scientists develop...
New class of taste receptors discovered
According to a study, opsin proteins, known for decades to be required for vision, also function as taste receptors. The study sheds light on...
Artificial proteins that function as molecular logic gates
Scientists at the University of Washington School of Medicine have devised artificial proteins that can regulate gene expression inside human T-cells. What's interesting, these...