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How Natural Enzymes Could Reshape Water Treatment in Egypt

By Omar GoudaAround two months ago, in Cairo, a PhD student at The American University in Cairo (AUC) made headlines by winning the Eni Award for her research into a low-cost, chemical-free system ...
Nanowerk

Living plastic keeps microbes alive to degrade an industrial pollutant

A thermoplastic form of chitosan retains biological activity, enabling molded biodegradable plastics that store enzymes or ...

DNA transcription is a tightly choreographed event: How RNA polymerase II regulates the dance

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Enzyme discovered in cyanobacteria can add phosphate groups to therapeutic peptides

Researchers from CIIMAR and the University of Helsinki have discovered a new biochemical modification in natural ...
AlphaGalileo

Enzyme discovered in cyanobacteria opens doors to biotechnological innovation

Researchers from CIIMAR and the University of Helsinki discover a new biochemical modification in natural cyanobacterial products, revealing an ...
C&EN

Nov. 25 Business Watch: Flexsys readies safer tire additive; Moderna halts trials of 3 mRNA drugs

C&EN networking event in New York City. Please join us if you’re in town! Here’s a link to the invitation. Questions? Comments? Tips? Let us know. Email Michael McCoy, C&EN’s executive editor for ...
New Atlas

A newly discovered 'pain switch' in our brains could unlock safer medications

In a major brain science breakthrough, New Orleans-based researchers and collaborators have discovered a nerve signaling ...
AOL

An 80-year-old puzzle reveals a universal pattern in how life grows

Biologists have spent generations trying to explain what controls the speed of life. You may already be familiar with the classic idea that growth rises with more nutrients and then steadies. The ...