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Ribosome Clinches the Chemistry Nobel

Thursday, October 8th, 2009 - 12:21:44 - Anuradha Menon

Three molecular biologists who mapped the structure and inner workings of the ribosome — the cell's machinery for churning out proteins from the...

Souped-Up Stem Cells Rescue Damaged Limbs

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - 14:39:11 - Anuradha Menon

Already prized as engines of repair, stem cells have now been engineered to contain a gene that enhances their healing properties by summoning extra...

Genetic Switch Key to New Antibiotics Class

Saturday, April 18th, 2009 - 14:03:59 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers have determined the structure of a key genetic mechanism at work in bacteria, including some that are deadly to humans, in an important...

One Virus to Rule them All

Monday, August 11th, 2008 - 13:46:28 - Iddo Genuth

One of the fundamental questions in science is "what is life?", a question particularly pertinent of late with the search for signs of life...

Feces May Transmit Fatal Cheetah Disease

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 - 08:04:33 - Ehud Rattner

A fatal, Alzheimer's-like disease that attacks cheetahs' internal organs and has impeded breeding of the cats in captivity may be spread by their...

Self Cleaning Fabrics
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 - Roni Barr
A team of researchers at Monash University in Australia and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed a process...