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Ancient environmental DNA used to map a two-million-year-old ecosystem

Around 2 million years ago climate in Greenland resembled that forecasted under future warming containing trees such as poplars and birch and animals like hare, lemmings, mastodons and reindeer.

9 Dec 2022

UJ scientists find a faster way to screen soil bacteria as potential biologicals

Researchers found a much faster way to screen soil bacteria as potential biostimulants and bio-pesticides.

2 Nov 2022

Discovering H2O2 sensing capacity in plants that control immunity

All aerobic organisms produce the molecule hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). When present in low concentrations, it acts as a crucial secondary signal to control a variety of biological processes, including but not limited to plant-microbe interactions, abiotic stress tolerance, pollen tube growth, root hair formation, leaf cell expansion, and Casparian strip formation.

20 Oct 2022

Drug discovery method facilitates promising treatment approaches for metabolic diseases

The body’s chemical processes known as “metabolism” produce the raw materials needed for development and general health.

17 Oct 2022

Fungus can be used for biological control of banana borers and Fusarium wilt

The banana borer Cosmopolites sordidus and the disease Fusarium wilt, caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum, are among the most harmful pests that threaten the livelihoods of banana growers, who face major challenges in attempting to control them.

29 Sep 2022

Scientists create a miniaturized environment to unravel the secrets of plant health, carbon storage

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a miniaturized environment to study the ecosystem around poplar tree roots for insights into plant health and soil carbon sequestration.

24 Aug 2022

New technique enables researchers to pinpoint protein–drug interaction

The discovery and development of new drugs may be facilitated by the use of a novel method that can analyze the interactions of drug molecules with proteins in tissue samples. In cooperation with the major biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, University of Birmingham researchers created the method.

15 Jul 2022

Comparative mass spectrometry strategy determines the viral and cellular candidate proteins of poxvirus

Pox viruses get a head start on infecting a host by delivering a package of proteins that interferes directly with the innate immune system of the host.

15 Jul 2022

New method can identify the vast number of molecules derived from food

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego, report a new method called untargeted metabolomics to identify the vast number of molecules derived from food that were previously unidentified, but that appear in our blood and our stool.

From UC San Diego 11 Jul 2022

Survey of planktonic lipids predicts a temperature-linked decrease in essential omega-3 fatty acids

The effects of global climate change already are resulting in the loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise, and longer and more intense heat waves, among other threats.

24 Jun 2022

Rhizosphere-on-a-chip with a simulated soil allows scientists to view how roots grow over time

The rhizosphere is the living ecosystem around plant roots. It is a dynamic ecosystem of plant and microbes that is difficult to study because soil is opaque and complex.

23 Jun 2022

Researchers create new authentication tool to check the geographical origin of virgin olive oil

Olive oil is one of the most prestigious agri-foods in Spain and it is the base of the Mediterranean diet. This is why adulteration and commercial fraud cases occur when it comes to the origin and varieties of a product with such an economic and business interest.

From University of Barcelona 26 May 2022

New open-source tool automates RNA analysis, likely to encourage research and drug development

Scripps Research scientists have introduced a new software tool for examining RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules, which play a variety of important roles in living things.

10 May 2022

Researchers explore how tRNAs evolve in protein synthesis

In the process of protein synthesis, a peptide bond is formed between two amino acids that are bound to two different transfer RNAs (tRNAs). Researchers have long been perplexed as to how these tRNAs evolved to be so near to one another on the ribosome.

From Tokyo University of Science 22 Apr 2022

Researchers identify new set of protein biomarkers for cancer using breast milk

A simple blood test for women of all ages and risk levels could one day be possible thanks to a new set of protein biomarkers that researchers identified using breast milk.

5 Apr 2022

Researchers show how proteins form DNA-repair mechanism in living bacteria

Two recent research have shown a completely new perspective of how bacterial cells repair broken parts of their DNA (lesions).

From New York University (NYU) 1 Apr 2022

Research shows that fruit flies sperm are no more male entirely after mating

According to recent research on fruit flies, the sperm becomes half feminine after mating, which was previously thought to be purely male.

25 Mar 2022

New discovery likely to result in cancer vaccine development

According to research published in eLife, researchers have developed a pipeline for detecting, prioritizing, and testing potential tumor antigens for the rapid development of cancer vaccines.

23 Mar 2022

New database provides extensive information on kinase-associated neural protein phosphorylation

Biological functions rely on accurate cellular communication involving different molecules. Most major signaling pathways involved in such communication, called signal transduction, often involve a family of kinases—enzymes catalyzing the transfer of phosphates between specific substrate molecules.

17 Mar 2022

Researchers conduct a detailed study of skin layer, likely to assist in new products and treatments

Scientists have precisely studied the skin’s resistant barrier layer, producing the most thorough molecular map of its form to aid in the creation of novel skin products and treatments.

16 Mar 2022