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calcium pump switch

Turbo switch uncovered in calcium pump

Added: 22 Oct 2012

A Danish-British research team has discovered a turbo switch in the calcium pump of biological cell…

Snake

Snake venom could help combat heart disease

Added: 19 Oct 2012

Research led by Bath University has uncovered new routes for developing drugs for high blood pressu…

Atomic nuclei

Atomic nuclei intimately entangled by a quantum measurement

Added: 19 Oct 2012

Scientists from the Netherlands and the UK have brought two atomic nuclei in a diamond into a quant…

Virus

Viruses reveal self-folding mechanism

Added: 18 Oct 2012

Researchers at Leeds University have identified a crucial stage in the lifecycle of simple viruses.

Blood vessels

Researchers discover stem cells for blood vessel growth

Added: 17 Oct 2012

Finnish researchers have discovered a new blood-vessel-generating cell with therapeutic potential.

Cell

Scientists uncover important embryonic stem cell pathway

Added: 16 Oct 2012

Researchers have discovered a previously unrecognised regulatory pathway at the heart of embryonic …

Protein

Cell growth protein forms a "pair" on the cell membrane

Added: 15 Oct 2012

Bochum und Dortmund researchers have or the first time measured the orientation of the Ras protein …

Image

Unexpected solution to fly eye mystery

Added: 12 Oct 2012

Research at Cambridge University has provided an insight into why flies have the fastest vision in …

Nobel

US scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Added: 10 Oct 2012

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for their resea…

Image

Study reveals brain cells’ weakest links

Added: 5 Oct 2012

New studies show for the first time why brain cells can stop communicating properly in degenerative…

Superbug

Plasma jet gives cold shoulder to superbugs

Added: 4 Oct 2012

Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have developed a new technique which has potential to kill…

Virus

Antibiotic cures disease by disarming pathogens

Added: 3 Oct 2012

A new type of antibiotic can treat an antibiotic-resistant infection by disarming instead of killin…

Muscles

Making old muscles young

Added: 1 Oct 2012

Scientists have identified a key factor responsible for declining muscle repair during ageing and h…

Electronics that Dissolve

Silk-silicon devices dissolve into surroundings

Added: 28 Sep 2012

Tiny resorbable semiconductors could be used for medical implants, environmental sensors and consum…

DNA Loop

Forming and undoing gene loops

Added: 28 Sep 2012

Scientists have discovered that by forming or undoing gene loops cells manipulate the path of the t…

This shows the spiney-type insect

CT scanning reveals images of fossil insects

Added: 27 Sep 2012

Scientists have used a high resolution form of CT scanning to reconstruct two 305 million year old …

DNA Barcode

US scientists engineer novel DNA barcode

Added: 25 Sep 2012

Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed a DNA barcode that could improve biomedical …

Cell communication

Technique aids study of cell communication

Added: 24 Sep 2012

A method for analysing proteins has enabled scientists to tune in to cells’ conversations, regardle…

Brain

‘Fingerprinting’ research improves brain tumour diagnosis

Added: 20 Sep 2012

UK scientists have made a significant advance in brain tumour diagnosis using infrared and Raman sp…

Nanomaterials in a heartbeat

Nanomaterials help regenerate cardiac cells

Added: 20 Sep 2012

Scientists have capitalised on the electrical properties of a nanomaterial to aid the regeneration …