Removal of excess chloride ions by plants when subjected to salt stress
National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers have discovered a salt adaptation mechanism in plants that facilitates chloride removal from the […]
Genetics
Discovery of vast sex differences in cellular activity has major implications for disease treatment microbiologystudy
“We discovered a pronounced ‘men are from Mars, women are from Venus’ pattern,” says marine and environmental biologist Suzanne Edmands.
Revealing the dynamic choreography inside multilayer vesicles
Our cells and the machinery inside them are engaged in a constant dance. This dance involves some surprisingly complicated choreography
Slipping a note to a neighbor: The cellular way microbiologystudy
Researchers have gained new knowledge of how drugs bind to connexin molecules. These molecules form channels that allow neighbouring cells
The on-and-off affair in DNA
Researchers have discovered that in thale cresses histone H3 lysine-9 (H3K9) methylation, conventionally thought to be a mark of turning
From takeoff to flight, the wiring of a fly’s nervous system is mapped microbiologystudy
Work is underway on a wiring diagram of the motor circuits in the central nervous system that control muscles in
Scientists discover genetic ‘off switch’ in legume plants that limits biological ability to source nutrients
A genetic “off switch” that shuts down the process in which legume plants convert atmospheric nitrogen into nutrients has been
New, holistic way to teach synthetic biology microbiologystudy
The field of synthetic biology, the science of manipulating biology, has a lot of “cooks in the kitchen,” which has
Potent therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases
Drug development is typically slow: the pipeline from basic research discoveries that provide the basis for a new drug to