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Ross-Ibarra’s research on maize is recognized for its contributions to the evolutionary genetics of maize and related crops   By RODRIGO VILLEGAS —

An NC State University research team has been awarded funding from the UNC System Research Opportunities Initiative (ROI) to accelerate molecular and biological innovations enabled by next-generation self-driving labs. Self-driving labs leverage artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and lab automation to fast-track the discovery and development of advanced materials and molecules needed to develop new medicines, semiconductors and sustainability solutions.

The so-called isolated REM-sleep behavior disorder is a condition that can provide an indication of Parkinson's disease well in advance.

Biochemistry has been involved in the development of many products and processes used in everyday life.

Claire MacGregor, teacher. Born: 21 August, 1932 in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire. Died: 9 January, 2022 in Edinburgh, aged 89

Scientists have recorded major breakthroughs in herbal remedies for COVID-19 with discovery of green seaweed, licorice, gum laced with plant-grown protein, and antimalarial plants.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Scientists Martin Hengesbach (left) und Andreas Schlundt at the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometre at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. view more  Credit: Uwe Dettmar for Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany FRANKFURT. When the SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates, this initially only means that there is a change in its genetic blueprint. The mutation may lead, for example, to an amino acid being exchanged at a particular site in a viral protein. In order to quickly ...

Last modified on Wed 12 May 2021 23.19 EDT Andrew Thomson, who has died aged 80 after a stroke, played a crucial role early in his career in the discovery of a widely used anti-cancer drug, cisplatin, before going on to do pioneering work in the field of spectroscopy, enhancing our understanding of the functioning of substances vital to life, such as haemoglobin. As an Oxford research chemist with a background in platinum chemistry, in 1967 Andrew was invited to Michigan State University by a g...

 E-Mail Researchers have genetically engineered a probiotic yeast to produce beta-carotene in the guts of laboratory mice. The advance demonstrates the utility of work the researchers have done to detail how a suite of genetic engineering tools can be used to modify the yeast. "There are clear advantages to being able to engineer probiotics so that they produce the desired molecules right where they are needed," says Nathan Crook, corresponding author of the study and an assistant professor of...