In a recent study, scientists devised a way of reversing the buildup of compounds that lead to some age-related diseases.

Making carbohydrate-derived drugs from naturally occurring sugars often requires chemists to temporarily shield the sugar’s ...

Bacteria may offer an unexpected way to immobilize uranium in contaminated water. Uranium contamination is difficult to ...

Living cells are sustained by countless chemical reactions that must be carefully regulated to maintain internal order and function. Enzymes play a central role in this process, accelerating reactions ...

A photobioreactor, which looks like a large vat of blue liquid with pink light shining, at Prometheus Materials. Stimulated by light, microbes in this bioreactor multiply and react carbon dioxide with ...

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created the world's simplest artificial cell capable of chemical navigation, migrating toward specific substances like living ...

Abstract: Conductometry is a widely used technique in enzyme studies as it allows researchers to monitor the activity of enzymes in solution. The determination of enzymatic activity, a time-dependent ...

Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) represents an environmentally friendly and innovative soil grouting technology. Involving intricate biochemical processes, it poses challenges for a ...

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Guangdong, Shenzhen 518055, China Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, Harbin Institute of Technology ...

Dr. Grace R. Bobkowski (Medicine): A 50-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of confusion. The patient had been in her usual state of health until 5 months before the current ...

Quantifying urease activity is an important task for Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation research. A new urease activity microplate assay using a fluorescent pH indicator is presented. The method ...

There’s always been something seductive about a nanobot. Comic books and movies implore you to imagine these things, thousands of times thinner than a human hair and able to cruise around a body and ...