All Life articles – Page 41
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OpinionWhat happens when life has a limited vocabulary?
The longest synthetic genome shows us life is more complicated than just learning your AGCs
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ResearchSaliva test uses surface imprinting to recognise Zika
Sensor matches surface roughness of its electrode with Zika’s dimensions and generates results within 20 minutes
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ResearchStudy ranks interactions between hydrogen-bond acceptors and cations
Experiments establish a set of parameters that will help scientists predict the free energies of the interaction between cations and hydrogen-bond acceptors in any solvent with good reliability
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ResearchSpore shell acts as sunscreen for light-sensitive antibiotics
Polymer capsule that protects and preserves antimicrobial compound could aid fight against multi-drug resistant pathogens
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ResearchNanoparticle-fed plankton grow magnetic skeletons
Scientists make bionic material by commandeering the growth process of a calcifying organism
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ResearchHumans consuming thousands of microplastic particles in their food every year
Fans of seafood and bottled water are exposed to thousands of microplastic particles each year
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ResearchLaser technique watches how implants release drugs
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy continues to diversify its applications
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NewsPatient and research groups condemn draft bill allowing human gene patenting in US
A measure floated by Congress could hinder research and access to gene tests and raise their costs
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ResearchImpact of extra-terrestrial glycine delivery could have created nucleobase precursors
Quantum simulations show that comets and other celestial bodies may have not only delivered building blocks for life to Earth, but also synthesised them on impact
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ResearchChinese gene-edited babies at higher risk of premature death
Loss of gene knocked-out by rogue geneticists found to be linked with higher mortality in human genome database
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NewsIllegally grown GM aubergines highlight India’s continuing ambivalence to transgenic crops
Discovery has revived protests against the technology
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BusinessIndustry criticises proposed US asbestos ban
Outright ban would compromise chlorine supply and public health, claims trade body
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NewsTelemedicine abortion provider locks horns with US drug regulator
Food and Drug Administration urged to take action against abortion charity by US politicians
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NewsInternational commission launched to tackle tough questions around gene-editing
US and UK scientific academies have convened a new body charged with developing a global framework for heritable human genome editing
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OpinionThe crowdsourced analysis hoping to go viral
Crowdsourcing image analysis to better understand how viruses multiply inside cells
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ResearchTrefoil knots steer cancer drug leads in fresh direction
Chemists look to links and knots in the search for new cancer therapies
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FeatureChanging the locks
Designer receptors help understand cellular signals and could treat epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease, but need new tools, finds Andy Extance
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NewsDarpa wants to genetically engineer soldiers’ skin bacteria to protect them from mosquitoes
Pentagon programme aims to change chemical cues released by human skin microbes to provide a long-term defence from mosquito-borne diseases
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PodcastBeryllium oxide
Brian Clegg examines the duality that makes beryllium oxide so valuable to the electronics industry
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BusinessFighting fake medicines
RxAll’s handheld scanner assesses drug quality in real time via a smartphone