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How Whole Orchard Recycling can Benefit Microbial Nitrogen in Soils

What happens to orchards when they’ve reached the end of their lifespan and are no longer producing crops? Conventionally, orchards are burned. However, concerns about biomass burning and air quality have led to an alternative practice known as whole orchard recycling.

19 Sep 2023

Study: Swimming and Tubing Can Alter Stream Chemistry and Microbiology

With Labor Day approaching, many people are preparing to go tubing and swimming at local streams and rivers.

19 Sep 2023

Scientists Discover New Pathway for Biosynthesis of Cardenolides in Plants

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena are investigating the previously largely unknown biosynthetic pathway that leads to the formation of cardenolides in plants.

19 Sep 2023

Key Proteins in Human Breast Milk Crucial for Baby’s Healthy Gut

The abundance of two species of bacteria known to be good for human health and used as probiotics, Clostridium butyricum and Parabacteroides distasonis, has been linked to high concentrations of key proteins in human breast milk, particularly osteopontin and κ-casein.

13 Sep 2023

Lipidome Study Reveals New Insights Into Human Health

The sequencing of the human genome promised a revolution in medicine, but scientists soon realized that a genetic blueprint alone does not show the body in action.

12 Sep 2023

Research Team Reports Revolutionary Bioelectronics Breakthrough

The EPFL team of Ardemis Boghossian reports a ground-breaking development in bioelectronics, enhancing the capacity of ordinary E. coli bacteria to produce energy, in a study that was published in the journal Joule. The study described a cutting-edge strategy that might change both energy generation and waste management.

11 Sep 2023

Increasing Milk Yield in Cattle with Low-Protein Diet

Histidine is crucial to maintaining milk production and milk protein content when cows are fed diets with low protein concentrations, according to an array of research that was published in the Journal of Dairy Science

8 Sep 2023

New Insights Into How Cells Maintain Optimal Health

A group of researchers has unearthed the secrets behind a tiny but crucial protein that shuttles zinc ions (Zn2+) within our bodies. The discovery offers a deeper understanding of how our cells maintain optimal health.

4 Sep 2023

DiNP Exposure in Early Pregnancy May Cause Birth Defects

We are constantly exposed to phthalates in our environment through plastic products such as storage containers, medical devices, packages, fabrics, and toys. Specifically, di-isononyl phthalate is inevitably becoming a part of our lives. Unfortunately, the impact of DiNP on the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy is largely unknown. In a new study, researchers used mice to understand how DiNP affects pregnancy.

4 Sep 2023

Case Western Reserve Biochemists Find New Approach to Stop Cancer Growth

Case Western Reserve University biochemical researchers have identified a new function of a key protein that leads to cancer–a finding they believe could lead to more effective treatments for a range of cancers and other diseases.

1 Sep 2023

MAGE Technology Helps Reveal the Potency of Antibiotics

By substituting each of the 20 amino acid alternatives found in nature for one of the 38 amino acid components that make up the rifampicin binding site on E. coli, the study authors were able to produce 760 distinct RNAP mutants. The development of this mutant pool was then examined under various circumstances, including rifampicin therapy.

31 Aug 2023

New Insights into MCM8/9 Enzyme Could Lead to Treatments for Infertility and Cancer

Scientific research requires patience. The rewards are not always immediate, and the technology needed does not always exist. Michael A. Trakselis, Ph.D., professor and director of graduate affairs for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Baylor University, understands this.

30 Aug 2023

Fungi-Inoculated Oilseed Rape Plants Show Increased Flavonoid Biosynthesis

Researchers inoculated oilseed rape plants with a species of fungus that is known for its ability to combat pest insects.

29 Aug 2023

Researchers Shed Light on Complex Interplay Between Taste Perception and Immune Function

A bitter taste in the mouth is often a symptom or side effect of illness, which may be the result of how the body reacts to pathogens. A new study published in iScience, by Hong Wang, PhD, an Associate Member at the Monell Chemical Sense Center, and colleagues sheds light on the mechanisms involved in the complex interplay between taste perception and immune function.

25 Aug 2023

Waters Corporation and Princeton University Announce Multi-Year Research Collaboration

Waters Corporation announced a multi-year research collaboration with Princeton University that will enable scientists, faculty, and students to work together to bring their diverse skills and backgrounds to solve complex challenges in biochemistry and materials science.

From Waters Corporation 24 Aug 2023

Direct-to-Consumer Blood Test for Assessing User’s Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

In July, the first direct-to-consumer blood test designed to assess a user’s risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease hit the market. The test, which has not undergone Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review, measures the level of a protein called beta amyloid, a key component of plaques that form in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients, disrupting brain function.

23 Aug 2023