Chemistry
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Chemistry
Malaria drug made by baker’s yeast
Fermentation process using bioengineered version of the fungus could become important new production method for artemisinin.
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Chemistry
Network of cell mimics comes to life
3-D printed material resembles body tissue in form and perhaps function.
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Chemistry
Caffeine’s buzz attracts bees to flowers
Nectar of some blooms carries the drug, which improves bee memory.
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Chemistry
Missing link in taste chain identified
Taste-cell protein sends message to brain that tongue has detected sweet, bitter or umami flavor.
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Humans
News In Brief: Lipstick smudges reveal their identity
Raman spectroscopy allows forensics researchers to distinguish among dozens of lipsticks.
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Chemistry
Synthetic nanomaterial can recognize viruses
The new method may have advantages over antibody-based technologies.
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Chemistry
Bitter and sour taste detectors also say, ‘too salty’
Mice that can’t sense the two tastes find high sodium attractive.
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Chemistry
Gold-digging microbe
By spitting out a molecule, a bacterium draws solid gold out of solution.
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Chemistry
Disorder at Work
Proteins without a definite shape can still take on important jobs.
By Tanya Lewis -
Tech
DNA stores poems, a photo and a speech
The molecule swaps its biological role for a computational one, that of long-term data storage.
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Chemistry
Hottest temperature ever measured is a negative one
Ultracold gas sets record on the kelvin scale.
By Andrew Grant -
Chemistry
Repellent slime has material virtues
Threads isolated from hagfishes' defensive goo demonstrate superior strength and flexibility.