#Milking algae mechanically: A process to succeed petroleum-derived chemicals

“#Milking algae mechanically: A process to succeed petroleum-derived chemicals” Micrograph of algae. Credit: Masaki Ihara Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Shinshu University Algae hold a lot of untapped potential for use in industry. So far algae have provided invaluable nutrition in the health food sector but have struggled to…

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#Misfolded membrane proteins cleared from cells by ‘reubiquitinase’

“#Misfolded membrane proteins cleared from cells by ‘reubiquitinase’” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Chinese researchers recently discovered a protein quality control mechanism called ‘reubiquitination.’ The mechanism, according to the researchers, could promote the elimination of misfolded membrane proteins, minimize their dwell time in cells, and thereby reduce their probability to form toxic aggregates in the human…

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#Rain pounds central Japan as 61 feared dead in south

“#Rain pounds central Japan as 61 feared dead in south” Rains have inflicted widespread damage across southwest Japan, causing rivers to burst their banks and hillsides to collapse Torrential rain pounded central Japan Wednesday as authorities said 61 people were feared dead in days of heavy downpours that have triggered devastating landslides and terrifying floods….

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#Porous graphene ribbons doped with nitrogen for electronics and quantum computing

“#Porous graphene ribbons doped with nitrogen for electronics and quantum computing” The individual building blocks are heated on a silver surface in order to synthesize a porous graphene ribbon that exhibits semiconducting properties and a ladder-like structure. In each rung of the ladder, two carbon atoms have been replaced with nitrogen atoms (blue). Credit: University…

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#How to precisely edit mitochondrial DNA

“#How to precisely edit mitochondrial DNA” While precisely editing the DNA in a cell’s nucleus (blue) has become easier thanks to advances like CRISPR/Cas-9, it’s been much harder to edit DNA in the mitochondria (red). Now, a new tool brings precision gene editing to mitochondrial DNA. Credit: Tslil Ast/Mootha Lab Scientists can now precisely edit…

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#Researchers build robot scientist that has already discovered a new catalyst

“#Researchers build robot scientist that has already discovered a new catalyst” Mobile robot scientist loading a rack of experimental samples. Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers at the University of Liverpool have built an intelligent mobile robot scientist that can work 24-7, carrying out experiments by itself. The robot scientist, the first of its kind, makes…

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#CRISPR enables one-step hybrid seed production in crops

“#CRISPR enables one-step hybrid seed production in crops” An ear of an MGM maintainer plant was photographed under a bright field (left panel) and under 554 nm wavelength excitation with a filter (right panel). The red fluorescent kernels (one example indicated by the blue arrow in the right panel) were MGM maintainer seeds The kernels…

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