Nov 29, 2016 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Molecular Cell reports that arecoline, an active compound found in areca nuts, has anti-cancer properties. A ripe...

Aug 10, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers from Singapore and the United Kingdom has identified an enzyme that regulates the production of sperm and egg cells...

Apr 5, 2016 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has discovered a natural process it describes...

Mar 11, 2016 by Sergio Prostak

According to a group of biologists in Japan, the newfound species — named Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6 — breaks down the plastic by using two...

Oct 13, 2015 by News Staff

Using a multidisciplinary approach, an international team of scientists has revealed in never-before-seen detail the 3D structure of biologically active...

Aug 15, 2015 by News Staff

People who smoke cigarettes know it’s bad for their health, but quitting is difficult. To make it easier, scientists are taking a novel approach –...

Jun 30, 2015 by News Staff

A new inherited form of type 2 diabetes and obesity has been discovered by a team of scientists co-led by Dr Anthony Goldstone and Prof Alexandra Blakemore...

Apr 29, 2015 by News Staff

According to a new study in the journal Chemical Communications, alkaline hydrothermal vents on the seabed are able to produce simple carbon-based molecules,...

Mar 18, 2015 by News Staff

A group of chemists co-led by Dr Joseph Hupp and Dr Omar Farha, both from Northwestern University, has developed a new material that is very effective...

Sep 6, 2014 by News Staff

A team of scientists from Finland and the United Kingdom has engineered the common gut bacteria, Escherichia coli, to generate renewable propane. This...

Jul 31, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists led by Prof Mark Anderson from the University of Iowa have found that the enzyme CaMKII (Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II), known for...

Mar 16, 2013 by News Staff

A new research published in the March 8 issue of the journal Science finally proves that a single anti-ageing enzyme in the body can be targeted, with...

Feb 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

U.S. scientists led by Prof Genhong Cheng of the University of California Los Angeles have identified a natural protein with broad virus-fighting properties...

Oct 19, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Australian scientists have shown that an enzyme called tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), which plays a vital role in the removal of blood clots,...