In Passing, Plankton Reach the Clouds

In Passing, Plankton Reach the Clouds

When viral infection wipes out an algal bloom, fragments may turn airborne, increasing clouds and cooling the surface below 25.10.2018 Fragments removed from filters in the air above water in which phytotplankton died from viral infection. Sizes range up to four...
Cellular Trash Cans Reveal the Roles of Proteins in Disease

Cellular Trash Cans Reveal the Roles of Proteins in Disease

A novel technology for profiling protein turnover and degradation offers new insight into diagnosis and understanding the molecular basis of autoimmunity, cancer, neurodegeneration and other disorders 22.10.2018 MAPP profile of discarded proteins from healthy subjects...
Bat Brains Forgo Rhythm when Encoding Space

Bat Brains Forgo Rhythm when Encoding Space

The finding reveals a new mechanism for orchestrating neuronal activity 14.10.2018 Bats have excellent navigation skills, even without the waves known as theta oscillations Since they were discovered in the 1920s, periodic oscillations in the brain’s electrical...
A Binding Relationship

A Binding Relationship

A Weizmann Institute of Science study shows how a deadly virus gets into cells 11.10.2018   The GP1 receptor binding domain of Lujo virus (rainbow-colored ribbon) bound to its NRP2 receptor (grey ribbon and surface representations). A Ca2+ ion needed for the...
The Dark Side of the Bone

The Dark Side of the Bone

Discovery of stem cell light and darkness cycles may advance bone marrow transplantation 09.10.2018 The blood-forming stem cells in the bone marrow divide (above) and differentiate one way in the morning, another at night Bone marrow replenishes the blood daily with...