Life Sciences and Chemistry

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Identify, engage, assassinate: How seahorse-like toxins kill insects

Max Planck researchers from Dortmund reveal the first-ever detailed structure of the bacterial toxin Mcf1. Insect-killing bacteria typically release toxins to slay their hosts. The bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens, for example,…

Firing Nerve Fibers in the Brain Are Supplied with Energy on Demand

To rapidly transmit electrical signals in the brain, the long nerve fibers are insulated by specialized cells called oligodendrocytes. These cells also respond to the electrical signals of active nerve…

It is in our genes – and how our genome folds in 3D

Whether we stay healthy or become seriously ill is determined by our genes. But also, the folding of our genome has a significant influence on this, as the 3D genome…

A breath of fresh air in plasmonic catalysis

Black gold and solar light’s renaissance. In a significant breakthrough, Prof. Polshettiwar’s group at TIFR, Mumbai have developed a novel “Plasmonic Reduction Catalyst Stable in Air,” defying the common instability…

Re-energizing mitochondria to treat Alzheimer’s disease

Scripps Research team restored neuron-to-neuron connections in human cells. Nerve cells in the brain demand an enormous amount of energy to survive and maintain their connections for communicating with other…

How to shift gears in a molecular motor

“Artificial molecular motors are molecules that absorb light from an external source, such as sunlight, and convert the energy in light into kinetic energy,” says Bo Durbeej, professor at Linköping…

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