The spatial arrangement of genetic material within the cell nucleus plays an important role in the…
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A dam right across the North Sea
A 475-km-long dam between the north of Scotland and the west of Norway and another one…
Twisted 2-D material gives new insights into strongly correlated 1-D physics
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg,…
Team develops biofuel production process in cooperation with North American researchers
Biofuel is often touted as a clean fuel, but the fact that it is made using…
SUWA: A hyperstable artificial protein that does not denature in high temperatures above 100C
Proteins denature, or “cook” in heat, irreversibly changing their structure, like how an egg boils or…
Containing methane and its contribution to global warming
Methane is a gas that deserves more attention in the climate debate as it contributes to…
Genetic signature boosts protein production during cell division
A research team has uncovered a genetic signature that enables cells to adapt their protein production…
Scientists come up with nanoconcrete for casting under negative temperature conditions
Engineers from Far Eastern Federal University Military Training Center (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia) together with colleagues from…
An iron-clad asteroid
Itokawa would normally be a fairly average near-Earth asteroid—a rocky mass measuring only a few hundred…
Discovering what makes durian stink
Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) have…