[ad_1] Credit: Wikimedia Commons The protein has been shown to promote longevity and counteract aging-related impairments. Having more klotho seems to allow for longer and healthier lives, while the depletion of this …
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[ad_1] Thomas A. Steitz, Nobel Prize winner for chemistry for mapping the structure of ribosomes, molecular machines that translate genetic information into thousands of proteins essential to living matter, died on October …
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[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain An international collaboration jointly led by University College Dublin (UCD) and the Monash University of Melbourne has shown that imitating the activity of naturally occurring molecules in …
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[ad_1] The interaction of light with matter is the basis of spectroscopy, a set of techniques at the heart of physics and chemistry. From infrared light to X-rays, a wide range of …
Read More »348-year-old radioactive molecule detected in space
[ad_1] Scientists have observed that the molecules in the debris surrounding CK Vul are located about 2000 light-years away from Earth. In addition, astronomers claim that it is the first molecule carrying …
Read More »Astronomers spot the rare radioactive molecule in the "entrails" of a jagged star
[ad_1] Discovered in a red nova of the Vulpecula constellation, it is the first time that the radioactive molecule has been spotted out of our solar system. For the first time, astronomers …
Read More »Researchers have decoded the molecule that gives flexibility to living tissue
[ad_1] The tendency of living tissues to expand, compress, stretch and bend over their lifetime is the result of a protein molecule called tropiolastin. It should be noted that this molecule can …
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