At the University of Oklahoma, Prof. Indrajeet Sharma is leading a team of scientists that is working on a ‘skeletal editing’ technique that allows repurposing of existing drugs to treat different ...

Early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the residue of an icy brine, and a soup of amino acids ...

Molecular nitrogen (N2) could be produced as well, and we see it on Eris. Hot cores could also point to potential sources of ...

Beans are a key food at the dietary level, boasting high nutritional value and constituting the most directly consumed legume ...

CNGC15 controls the communications system that allows plants to recognise and form partnerships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and nutrient-gathering fungi. This molecular “traffic police” is ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

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Additional work indicated that the act of scratching causes neurons that sense pain to secrete a molecule called substance P, which activates immune cells called mast cells. Mast cells can recruit ...

Gene-Edited Soil Bacteria Could Provide Third Source of Nitrogen for Corn Production Jan. 16, 2025 — If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria ...

Then, the researchers figured out how to best extract DNA given the challenges presented by banana slug slime, which has a unique molecular makeup that makes the usual techniques for isolating the ...

The reason the skin turns orange lies in the chemical structure of carotenoids. Beta-carotene’s molecular makeup absorbs light in the blue spectrum, reflecting orange light back to our eyes.