New Technique to Obtain Yeast Hybrids for Food and Fuel
Researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new way to cross different yeast species that allows to obtain hybrids with great economical potential. The...
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Rolling DNA Motor is the Fastest Ever Designed
Researchers from Emory University have developed a nano-robot based on rolling DNA that moves faster than any previously designed DNA motors. The technique, based on...
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The Life of a Postdoc in Singapore
Over the past decade, I shared countless experiences with David Castaño at the Structural Biology Unit of CIC bioGUNE,. He was certainly my greatest support during my...
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Graphene-Based Paper Can Be Programmed to Walk
Engineers from Donghua University in Shanghai have developed a graphene-based paper that can walk and fold itself. Inspired by origami, the nanostructure can be excited by light...
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China Plans to Build the World’s Biggest Particle Collider
China plans to build the world’s largest particle collider complex. The structure will be at least twice as big as CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in...
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Ancient DNA Reveals Adaptations to the Agricultural Revolution
A team of international researchers led by Harvard Medical School has presented an in-depth study of the changes that occurred in the human genome on the arrival of...
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3D Localization of Single Molecules Improved to Nanoscale
University researchers W. E. Moerner, E. Betzig and S. W. Hell won the 2014 Nobel Prize for their development of super-resolution microscopy, a technique that breaks the...
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Artificial Materials Inspired by a Sea Mollusk Shell and Eyes
Scientists from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard have discovered how a biomineral can generate two mollusk structures as different as the...
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