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Bioluminescent cell imaging upgrade makes it easier to track many targets simultaneously
Imaging live cells with fluorescent proteins has long been a crucial technique for understanding cellular behavior. While bioluminescent proteins offer several advantages over fluorescent proteins, the limited availability ...
Cell & Microbiology
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'Buzz me in:' Bees wearing itty bitty QR codes reveal hive secrets
Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs. More than the latest in apiarian fashion, the little tags serve a scientific purpose: tracking when bees go in and out ...
Ecology
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Final synthetic yeast chromosome completed, paving way for biotech advances
Macquarie University researchers have worked with an international team of scientists to achieve a major milestone in synthetic biology by completing the creation of the final chromosome in the world's first synthetic yeast ...
Cell & Microbiology
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AI in cell research: Mapping technology reveals cell dynamics in unprecedented detail
Thanks to a new technology called Moscot ("Multi-Omics Single-Cell Optimal Transport"), researchers can now observe millions of cells simultaneously as they develop into a new organ—for example, a pancreas. This method ...
Cell & Microbiology
3 hours ago
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In the hunt for new and better enzymes, AI steps to the fore
Enzymes are crucial to life. They are nature's little catalysts. In the gut, they help us digest food. They can enhance perfumes or get laundry cleaner with less energy. Enzymes also make potent drugs to treat disease. Scientists ...
Biotechnology
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Team manipulates intracellular signal transduction using optogenetic technology
A research team led by Dr. Tetsuya Muramoto from the Faculty of Science at Toho University has demonstrated the mechanisms by which periodic chemical signal frequencies in cells regulate gene expression via transcription ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Peptides that can remove microplastics identified
Researchers have identified peptides that can help remove microplastics from the environment by combining biophysical modeling, molecular dynamics, quantum computing, and reinforcement learning. The ultimate goal of the work ...
Biotechnology
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Simplified redesign of proteins can improve ligand binding
In biology, the binding of cellular proteins to molecules called ligands produces myriad functions essential for life, including cell signaling and enzymatic action. In biotechnology and medicine, the ability of researchers ...
Biotechnology
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Innovative process converts urine into slow-release crystal fertilizer
A team of chemists and agriculture specialists has developed a way to transform urea in wastewater, into percarbamide, which can be used as a fertilizer. In their paper published in the journal Nature Catalysis, the group ...
Systems engineering of cell factories almost doubles output, offering a sustainable fossil-fuel alternative
Engineers from The University of Warwick's Integrative Synthetic Biology Center and Imperial College London's Department of Bioengineering have unveiled how to engineer microbial "cell-factories" to boost the manufacture ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2025
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Harnessing proteins to clean contaminated soil
In 2020, the City of Lausanne found that large areas of its soil had been contaminated with dioxins, which are chlorinated organic compounds. This pollution was due mainly to combustion-reliant manufacturing processes.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2025
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Ship slime build-up: Biofilm growth model could enable lower costs and emissions in ocean transport
Slime build-up is a costly drag on fuel efficiency for ocean-going cargo ships, leading to more emissions and, eventually, higher consumer prices. A study published in the journal, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, suggests a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2025
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AI model simulates 500 million years of evolution to generate a new fluorescent protein
A team of AI researchers, biologists and evolutionary specialists at EvolutionaryScale and the Arc Institute, both in the U.S., has designed and built an AI model capable of generating the code to synthesize novel proteins. ...
Lab-grown intestines: Protein printing mimics human gut structures
An IBEC-led study describes the development of an innovative method to control the formation of crypt-like structures and villi in the intestine using a contact protein printing technique. This model will make it possible ...
Biotechnology
Jan 21, 2025
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Australian Plantago could replace psyllium husk in gluten-free breads, research suggests
Seeds of two native species of Plantago have been identified as producing mucilage that can be used as a natural additive to make gluten-free bread dough more elastic, resulting in fluffier loaves.
Biotechnology
Jan 21, 2025
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Genetically engineered yeast produces high levels of healthy fatty acid
Using fermentation, University of Alberta researchers have come up with a way to produce higher amounts of a healthy fatty acid found mainly in pomegranates. The paper is published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food ...
Biotechnology
Jan 21, 2025
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Fermenting seaweed could boost consumption
Fermented seaweed? Those who have tried it think it is much tastier than it sounds, and researchers at Lund University in Sweden are now hoping that acidified seaweed, rather than today's dried version, will signify a major ...
Biotechnology
Jan 20, 2025
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Kenya's farmers have lots of digital tools to help boost productivity. How they can be made more effective?
Digital agriculture is often hailed as an almost magical trigger for promoting successful farming, even among smallholder farmers in the developing world.
Biotechnology
Jan 20, 2025
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Cable bacteria conduct protons over 100 micrometers, hinting at bioelectronic potential
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Aarhus University, Denmark, researchers have confirmed protonic conductivity over distances exceeding 100 micrometers along filamentous Desulfobulbaceae, commonly referred to as cable bacteria. ...
Tiny vortexes help detect dangerous viruses
Whirlpools are mostly associated with death and danger on the high seas, but these glowing vortexes are working to help humanity. One of the most difficult steps in creating diagnostic tests is purifying samples to remove ...
Biotechnology
Jan 20, 2025
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