Biological Sciences
Salk scientists develop new technique for solving the structure of most popular targets for half of all drugs, potentially aiding discovery of new therapeutics.
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A modified soft-drink cooler, developed by researchers at MIT’s D-Lab, could make a dent in the disease’s impact
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New York University physicists have developed a method that models biological cell-to-cell adhesion that could also have industrial applications.
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Findings suggest hope for patients with glaucoma, optic nerve damage.
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Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered a series of biological events that implicate the stem cells' surroundings, known as their "niche," as the culprit in loss of stem cells due to aging.
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Quantum physics and plant biology seem like two branches of science that could not be more different, but surprisingly they may in fact be intimately tied.
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The nation's $1 billion stream restoration industry needs to do more to ensure that projects are guided by science, according to the co-editor of a new American Geophysical Union monograph.
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In order to take full advantage of RNAi technology for disease research, scientists in the Broad Institute’s RNAi Platform launched an effort to build a library of RNAi reagents to target every gene in the human and mouse genomes.
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A carbon nanotube sponge that can soak up oil in water with unparalleled efficiency has been developed with help from computational simulations performed at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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Salk and Iowa State researchers identify three proteins involved in plant fatty acids, the key components of seed oils.
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Techniques used by researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to analyze a simple marine worm and its resident bacteria could accelerate efforts to understand more complex microbial communities such as those found in humans.
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Janine Sherrier, professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, is part of a team that has been awarded $6.8 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the legume Medicago truncatula.
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