Biological Sciences
A team of Princeton University scientists has discovered that chains of proteins found in most living organisms act like adaptive machines, possessing the ability to control their own evolution.
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The landmark $500 million biofuels research partnership that created the Energy Biosciences Institute has been named a Deal of Distinction by the Licensing Executives Society.
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Obamas Win and the Scientific Community Only two days after Barack Obamas historic election-day victory, it may be premature to speculate exactly how his administration will impact the scientific research community. But based on campaign pledges and promises, it looks encouraging.
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UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop economically viable technology to stabilize pyrolysis oil from second generation biomass feedstocks for use as a renewable fuel source.
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For the first time, nanoscale catalysts have been observed as they change during a reaction. With this development, Berkeley Lab scientists envision a new era of smarter catalysts that could be harnessed to fight pollution, feed hydrogen fuel cells, and drive fuel refinement techniques.
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MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for "artificial noses" to be created and used in a variety of settings.
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A person's trash can reveal valuable information, as detectives, historians and identity thieves well know. Likewise, a cell's trash may yield certain treasures, University of Delaware researchers have found.
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Unprecedented changes in biodiversity have coincided with the emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases around the world. To address this problem, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have announced $16 million in funding for eight projects.
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The lab manager's role in preventing and detecting of misidentification and cross-contamination of cell lines.
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A method using propidium iodide staining of the nuclei improves cell counting accuracy and safety.
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A variety of cell line characterization methods have been useful in the detection of cross-contamination and/or misidentification of cell lines. These include karyotyping, isoenzyme analysis, DNA properties, viral susceptibility, and specific antigenicity.
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Researchers design a pair of innovative new gene chips that can identify variations in both DNA sequence and gene copy number.
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