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Astronomers Discover Four-Carbon Sugar Erythrulose in Deep Space for the First Time
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (341+ words) For the first time, astronomers have detected a complex four-carbon sugar molecule, erythrulose, in the interstellar gas clouds near the center of the Milky Way. In a groundbreaking discovery that redraws the boundaries of astrobiology, an international team of astronomers…...
From chaos to order: How the RNA world built the first cell
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (48+ words) How did life emerge from a lifeless planet? This article explores the scientific quest to understand abiogenesis, from the formation of organic molecules on early Earth to the RNA World hypothesis and the emergence of protocells. It examines how simple…...
Comment: Why gene-editing is a must in bananas | Comment
7+ hour, 17+ min ago (310+ words) Climate change and disease pressure are making gene-editing increasingly important to the future success of the banana sector, argues agri-scientist James Dale Gene editing has big potential for future varietal development in bananas The two dominant types of Cavendish, Grand…...
Scientists Just Found Sugar in the Milky Way, and It Could Rewrite the Story of Life
8+ hour, 7+ min ago (385+ words) For the first time, scientists have detected a sugar molecule floating in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the centre of the Milky Way. The discovery, reported in the journal Nature Astronomy, suggests that compounds fundamental to life can…...
Metabolite Glues Enable Purine Sensing and Predict Chemotherapy Response
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (383+ words) Metabolite “Glues” Find a More Flexible Way to Attack Cancer Targets Researchers have uncovered why certain designed small molecules—called metabolite glues—can lock a regulatory protein into a harmful complex, and they used that insight to engineer stronger versions....
Reinventing perilla: genome editing boosts a traditional herb’s potential
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (456+ words) Genome-edited perilla plants (left) showing a striking color change from red to green and enhanced accumulation of the health-promoting flavonoid luteolin. (Matsushita et al. / Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute) From traffic lights to fashion trends, changing from red to green…...
Trinh and Ryu Win DOW Funding for Fungal Biotech Research
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (207+ words) The grant concentrates on Candida species, which can pose operational risks by contaminating and degrading DOW-relevant systems. Such systems include aircraft fuel infrastructure, vehicles, electronics, and protective coatings. In these environments, fungi can persist and spread, turning microbial management into…...
Study Shows Oxygenic Photosynthesis Possible Using Only One Photosystem
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (135+ words) LMU researchers have reported a striking challenge to a long-standing textbook rule of photosynthesis: oxygenic photosynthesis can, in principle, occur without photosystem I. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that certain cyanobacteria continued to grow, fix carbon dioxide, and release…...
Post-doc position on Shh dynamics in limb development at NIH
16+ hour, 25+ min ago (174+ words) Posted by Susan Mackem, on 16 July 2026 Patel and Mackem (2025) PNAS. Dual Bmp-negative feedback loops modulate function of both AER and ZPA to buffer and constrain postaxial digit number. 122: e2427249122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2427249122 Zhu et al. (2022) Dev Cell. Sonic hedgehog is not…...
Kinesin-1 Motor Protein: Mechanics and Cell Transport
20+ hour, 29+ min ago (655+ words) SFL Educational News Service The Core Concept: Kinesin-1 is a highly specialized motor protein that sustains nerve cells by hauling vital cargo, such as packages of neurotransmitters, from the cellular center to the distant tips of the cell's branches. “This…...