ANN ARBOR — The main job of pollen is to help seed the next generation of trees and plants, but a new study from the University of Michigan and Texas A&M shows that the grains might also seed clouds. (more…)
Tübinger Forscher rekonstruieren DNA des Megaloceros aus Höhlenfunden der Schwäbischen Alb und finden mögliche Ursachen für sein späteres Aussterben (more…)
Drugs introduced more than a decade ago that target mutations in a protein known as the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) held the promise of personalized treatments for a common form of non-small cell lung cancer. But most patients quickly develop resistance to these drugs and are left with few or no treatment options, because it has been very difficult to design new drugs that act selectively upon the drug-resistant form. (more…)
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Due to the ever-increasing number of people using social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, businesses and organizations, such as professional sports teams, are expanding their marketing and communication efforts to engage people with their brands through those sites. Now, Nicholas Watanabe, an assistant teaching professor at the University of Missouri, along with colleagues from MU and Louisiana State University, analyzed Major League Baseball (MLB) teams’ use of Twitter to engage and increase fan interest. They found that the more individual teams released original content from their Twitter accounts, such as score updates or player profiles, the more followers they gained and engagement they initiated. The researchers say their findings could provide guidance for many businesses struggling with how to use social media. (more…)
Der Sportwissenschaftler und Olympiasieger Georg Hettich hat ein Computermodell der Gleichgewichtskontrolle entwickelt (more…)
A newly developed spectroscopy method is helping to clarify the poorly understood molecular process by which an anti-HIV drug induces lethal mutations in the virus’ genetic material. The findings from the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could bolster efforts to develop the next generation of anti-viral treatments. (more…)
Neue Methode der Proteinmodifizierung verbessert Behandlung und Diagnostik von Krebs.
Viele moderne Diagnostika und Therapeutika basieren auf Proteinen, die nur auf Grund bestimmter Modifikationen ihre komplexen Funktionen in unseren Zellen übernehmen können. Ein Team um Christian F. W. Becker vom Institut für Biologische Chemie der Universität Wien hat nun eine neue Methode entwickelt, die den schnellen Zugang zu modifizierten Peptiden und Proteinen ermöglicht, die für die Behandlung und Diagnostik von Krebs eingesetzt werden können. Die Ergebnisse der Studie erscheinen aktuell im renommierten Fachmagazin “Angewandte Chemie”. (more…)
AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a centimeter-accurate GPS-based positioning system that could revolutionize geolocation on virtual reality headsets, cellphones and other technologies, making global positioning and orientation far more precise than what is currently available on a mobile device. (more…)
