Roughly 40 percent of all medications act on cells' G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). One of these receptors, beta 2 adrenergic receptor site (B2AR), naturally transforms between two base configurations; knowing the precise location of ...
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The species historically cited as the most abundant of coral algae that forms rodoliths at the Gulf of California in Mexico is in reality a compound of five different species. This finding was made by Jazmín Hernández Kantun, ...
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As part of the international DETOX campaign, the environmental organisation Greenpeace released the new report “Chemistry For Any Weather – Part II” mid of December 2013. For this purpose, Greenpeace commissioned two ...
Many of today's hottest fashions come from an unexpected source: yesterday's plastics. New recycling technologies have enabled designers to incorporate fabrics and materials made with used plastic packaging into on-trend clothing and ...
In a maze of blindingly complex reactions that snap oxygen atoms off cellulose or other bio-sources to create energy-dense fuel, the starting molecule's size has a curious effect. If the oxygen-rich molecule is too short to comfortably ...
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One of the biggest questions in science is how life arose from the chemical soup that existed on early Earth. One theory is that RNA, a close relative of DNA, was the first genetic molecule to arise around 4 billion years ago, but in a ...
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An NDSU cereal science doctoral candidate has written one of the American Association of Cereal Chemists International's most-viewed research papers. Mihiri Mendis' paper, titled "Variability in Arabinoxylan, Xylanase Activity, and Xylanase ...
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When it comes to factors affecting children's school performance, DNA may trump home life or teachers, a new British study finds. "Children differ in how easily they learn at school. Our research shows that differences in students' ...
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The number of U.S. teens who wind up in the emergency room after taking the club drug Ecstasy has more than doubled in recent years, raising concerns that the hallucinogen is back in vogue, federal officials report. Emergency room visits ...
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Two new peanut varieties,FloRunTM'107 and TUFRunnerTM'727',from the University of Florida will be available for planting in 2014.Both varieties were selected for high oleic oil chemistry,as well as disease resistance for high yield ...
Research conducted at the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) shows that low-grade cotton is highly effective at absorbing crude oil spills. The study, published in the ...
Ocera Therapeutics has entered into a technology transfer and license deal with the Roche Group, including the Research and Early Development arms of both Genentech and Roche, for rights to its Macrocyclic Template Chemistry (MATCH) ...
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Qatar Petroleum(QP)and Qatar Petrochemical Company(QAPCO)have revealed the logo of the Al Sejeel Petrochemical Complex,bearing the colors of the Qatari flag,and also announced the award of the project's Front-End Engineering and ...
Boston Scientific has obtained CE Mark approval for its X4 line of quadripolar CRT-D systems, including the AUTOGEN X4, DYNAGEN X4, and INOGEN X4 cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds), a suite of ACUITY X4 quadripolar LV ...
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Ocera Therapeutics (Nasdaq:OCRX) today announced that it has entered into a Technology Transfer and License Agreement with the Roche Group, including the Research and Early Development arms of both Genentech and Roche, for rights to its ...
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