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chiral molecules select electron spins

Controlling Electron Spin for Efficient Water Splitting

13.02.2017

Nano Physics, Quantum Physics, Energy, Nanoscience, Materials Science

The method could lead to solar-based production of hydrogen for fuel

A cross section of a mouse liver lobule under a fluorescence microscope. The middle layer reveals an abundance of messenger RNA molecules (white dots) for the gene encoding hepcidin, the iron-regulating hormone

Gene Analysis Adds Layers to Understanding How Our Livers Function

13.02.2017

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Tracking gene expression patterns for 20,000 genes in 1,500 cells revealed a mosaic of activities

Brain tissue from genetically engineered mice

Keeping Up the Pressure

13.02.2017

Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new neural mechanism is found to regulate the chronic stress response

green rust in the lab

A Rusty Green Early Ocean?

26.01.2017

A Weizmann lab recreates a primary mechanism by which today's ore deposits originally formed

White blood cell squeezing through endothelial cells (grey) on its way out of the blood vessel walls. The actin cytoskeleton of both cells is exposed; the white blood cell nucleus is shown in brown and the large actin rich extension that dismantles the endothelial actin is shown in yellow

Uncovering the Secrets of White Cell Power

26.01.2017

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

White blood cells push their way through barriers to get to infection sites

Malaria vaccine

Programmed Proteins Might Help Prevent Malaria

26.01.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new approach to stabilizing protein structures could be key to an efficient vaccine

Upon infection, bacterial viruses (phages) release communication molecules that tell later phage generations whether it is preferable to attack their host cells or lie dormant

Viruses Overheard Talking to One Another

18.01.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Viruses that infect bacteria communicate to coordinate infection

bats orient themselves to a destination

Bats Remember Directions

12.01.2017

Brain & Behavior

Researchers identify the cells that orient bats – and possibly humans – toward a destination

Moon formation

A Multiple-Impact Origin for the Moon

09.01.2017

Space & Physics, Math & Computer Science

New simulations challenge the idea that the Moon was born of a single giant collision

Chandra/Harvard

Mystery of Super Flash Solved

15.12.2016

Space & Physics, Astrophysics

The brightest flash of light in the cosmos could be a rare event involving a star and a supermassive black hole

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