Mindfully Curated
Researchers have characterized how the essential mRNA poly(A) tails are synthesized in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The study reveals several mechanisms controlling poly(A) tail lengths and hereby ensuring the robustness of gene expressi…
New research shows how bacteria can overcome starvation situations and survive for an extended period, which has broader implications for chronic infections.
The production of the Alzheimer’s-associated, toxic protein amyloid beta in the brain is tightly regulated by cholesterol in the cell membrane, advanced imaging reveals.
Researchers have discovered why boiling droplets can race across hot oily surfaces. The commonplace phenomenon, now quantified for the first time, could be harnessed for many useful applications.
Robots that need to use their arms to make their way across treacherous terrain just got a speed upgrade with a new path planning approach. The improved algorithm path planning algorithm found successful paths three times as often as standard algorithm…
Getting a full understanding of how genes are regulated is a major goal of scientists worldwide. Now, researchers have developed a technique that can map out nearly all of the likely regulatory switches across a genome.
A new study identifies two ways in which APOBEC3A — a vital enzyme that is responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers while protecting our cells against viral infection — is controlled.
A new study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to help hospital healthcare workers prevent the deaths and intensive care admissions of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) COVID-19 patients with pneumonia, say researchers.
A new study describes a significant step toward improving photosynthesis and increasing yields by putting elements from cyanobacteria into crop plants.
A team of researchers found that people considered websites more interactive if they had tools to facilitate communication between users, often referred to as computer-mediated communication, or CMC.
Pre-mRNA splicing in a subset of human short introns is governed by a distinct mechanism involving a new splicing factor, new research finds.
The initials BRCA2 may be best known for a gene associated with many cases of breast cancer, and the protein encoded by the BRCA2 gene is critical to repairing breaks in DNA. The breakdown of this interaction is a hallmark of many cancers. Now scientis…
Researchers are analyzing new materials for electrical insulation, or packaging, that can remove heat more effectively compared to today’s insulation, amid a need to redesign our electrical infrastructure for the next 100 years and beyond to match adva…
A team of researchers have developed a new way to tag tumor cells to figure out how they evolve and change over time to resist cancer treatments.
Researchers have identified new biomarkers that may advance the early detection of diabetic retinopathy, the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in U.S. adults.
When given the choice between a free meal and performing a task for a meal, cats would prefer the meal that doesn’t require much effort.
The precise transmission of genetic information from one generation to the next is fundamental to life. Most of the time, this process unfolds with remarkable accuracy, but when it goes awry, mutations can arise—some of them beneficial, some of them in…
A team of scientists recently published their findings from a remarkable study involving antimicrobial resistant (AMR) plague.
New research has revealed that a simple but robust algorithm can help engineers to improve the design of cellular materials that are used in a variety of diverse applications ranging from defense, bio-medical to smart structures and the aerospace sector.
Researchers have identified a previously unknown genetic program in the fruit fly. The genetic material involved controls the development of the neurons while also protecting them from degeneration. They have hardly changed in the course of evolution o…