Unfolding the blindness proteins through fly eyes
Every 6 minutes someone is told they're going blind. One of the major causes of human blindness is a disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), which causes progressive degeneration of the retina and vision loss. Approximately one-tenth of Retinitis.....»»
Samsung eyes AI for semiconductor production efficiency
Samsung Electronics has been suffering from the memory industry slump. Investment in equipment is expensive and increasingly a burden to the company. Sources from South Korean memory industry say Samsung Electronics may introduce AI and IoT-based adv.....»»
New technique enables in-vivo analysis of protein complexes
As the executor of life activities, proteins exert their specific biological functions through interactions such as forming protein complexes. The localization effects, crowding effects, and organelle microenvironments within cells are crucial for ma.....»»
New imaging approach visualizes how applying force to proteins alters complex formations
Most researchers today understand biology through the principles of biochemistry. Cells communicate and activate processes via chemical signals, and traditional medicine has long focused on how to treat disease by modifying those signals......»»
Researchers use generative AI to design novel proteins
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed an artificial intelligence system that can create proteins not found in nature using generative diffusion, the same technology behind popular image-creation platforms such as DALL-E and Midjourn.....»»
Time-resolved crystallography for the masses
Scientists from four research institutes in the Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld have joined forces to develop a ground-breaking experimental setup. Their new Spitrobot greatly simplifies observing changes in proteins as they carry out their functions.....»»
Africa eyes potential bounty from space
After decades on the sidelines, African countries are venturing into the space industry, hoping to reap rewards in agriculture, disaster prevention and security......»»
Southeast LA yards are plagued by toxic lead. A dusting of this mineral could help
Under the watchful eyes of neighbors, scientists in white lab coats knelt to spread a flour-like mineral over a lawn in Huntington Park......»»
Cellular traffic controllers caught managing flow of signals from receptors
Proteins that act like air traffic controllers, managing the flow of signals in and out of human cells, have been observed for the first time with unprecedented detail using advanced microscopy techniques......»»
Lithium giant Albemarle eyes $1.5 billion processing expansion
Albemarle Corp. is aiming to spend between $1.25 billion and $1.5 billion to double its lithium hydroxide output in Australia to a volume that it estimates could power more than two million electric cars a year......»»
Tesla eyes closer ties with China supply chain with new Shanghai factory
Tesla, with its new factory for energy storage products in Shanghai, is eyeing closer ties with local industry supply chains in China, according to sources at Chinese power component suppliers......»»
Hijacking strategy mapped for hundreds of viruses
One strategy that viruses use to take over a host cell is to mimic small parts of the cell's proteins called motifs. In a new study coordinated from Uppsala University, researchers have used a new method and doubled the available information on how v.....»»
Scientists develop plant-based cell culture scaffold for cheaper, more sustainable cultured meat
A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully used common plant proteins to 3D-print an edible cell culture scaffold, allowing more affordable and sustainable lab-grown meat to be served on the table......»»
Onsemi transformed into auto and industrial player ahead of schedule
Despite macroeconomic uncertainties, Onsemi posted better-than-expected financial results in the latest quarter, as the company eyes automotive and industrial markets to fuel its growth......»»
Why does your life flash before your eyes near death?
Survivors of close calls with death often recall extraordinary experiences: seeing light at the end of a tunnel, floating outside their own bodies, encountering deceased loved ones or recapping major life events in an instant......»»
An ominous heating event is unfolding in the oceans
Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs—and stayed there. To call what’s happening in the oceans right now an anomaly is a bit of an understatement. Since March, average sea surface temperatures have been cli.....»»
Proteins Never Seen in Nature Are Designed Using AI to Address Biomedical and Industrial Problems Unsolved by Evolution
Bioengineers are drawing on rapidly evolving machine learning tools, deep reservoirs of data, and the firepower of a program called AlphaFold2 to pursue more sophisticated de novo protein designs.....»»
Why cloud gaming is the linchpin in Microsoft’s troubled Activision Blizzard acqusition
With Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition blocked by the CMA, all eyes should be on cloud gaming......»»
An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the Oceans
Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis......»»
How a single enzyme unleashes a complex DNA repair process
Our DNA is constantly exposed to damaging factors that can lead to aging and age-related diseases such as cancer. PARP1 is an important enzyme that facilitates the response to DNA damage by attaching chemical groups called ADP-ribose to proteins. Pub.....»»
Structural insight into process of gene regulation
In the cell nucleus, numerous proteins bind to the DNA molecule in order to regulate the activity of certain genes. One of these is the TATA-box binding protein (TBP), which binds to a specific DNA sequence and constitutes an initial signal for the r.....»»