Generating Oxygen Within Cells
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a never-before-seen method to generate oxygen molecules within cells. Oxygen is essential for aerobic respiration, which releases...
Vol 26 No 11 & 12
Creating Artificial Cells from Bacteria
A team of scientists at the University of Bristol have successfully harnessed bacteria to produce lifelike artificial cells. To produce artificial cells that have the same capabilities as those that...
Key Step in Hepatitis A Virus Replication and Potential Drug for Its Targeting Identified
Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have discovered the mechanism by which hepatitis A virus replicates and have successfully identified a drug that has the capability...
Seawater as a Renewable Energy Source
Renewable energy may now be harnessed from saltwater by means of a nanopore membrane, courtesy of researchers from Osaka University. As natural resources are depleted and become increasingly scarce,...
Producing Biodegradable Plastic Feedstock Through Artificial Photosynthesis
Researchers at the Osaka Metropolitan University have successfully developed a light-driven, artificial photosynthesis pathway to increase yields of chemical feedstock for biodegradable plastics....
Seismic Monitoring to Advance Carbon Sequestration Technology
Researchers led by the University of Tokyo and Kyushu University can help to further enhance carbon sequestration efforts using their Portable Active Seismic Source device, which will allow for...
Using Gas Bubbles as Lenses to View Tissues More Deeply
A team of researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have developed a method to improve the depth of the optical imaging of living tissues using a layer of...
Improving Anti-Cancer Therapies with a Better Understanding of the Repair Mechanisms of DNA Damage
New insights into the DNA repair mechanisms of cells may open avenues to enhancing anti-cancer therapies. Researchers from the Nagoya University in Japan have discovered new mechanisms that are...
Observing Life on a Single-Molecular Scale
Researchers at the Pohang University of Science and Technology have developed a novel method to observe single molecules using a special treatment, followed by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS)....
Influenced by Its Neighbours: The Variation of Single-Cell Gene Expression
Determination of the neighbouring cell types that regulate the gene expression of a single cell has now been made possible, thanks to a statistical method developed by researchers from the University...
Microproteins Control Molecular-Level Metabolic Processes
Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered how microproteins play a role in regulating the energy supply in mitochondria. Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have identified new details...
Harmless No More? Bacteria Prevalent in Respiratory Tract Identified as Key Factor in the Worsening of Lung Disease
In a breakthrough by an international team of researchers, with researchers from Nanyang Technological University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in the lead, Neisseria subflava has been...