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Researchers have shown that protein analysis at the single-cell level in a tumor sample can be used to detect cancer stem cells that evade chemotherapy.

Circadian clocks regulate most physiological processes of living beings over a rhythm of about 24 hours. Scientists have shown that the activation of the immune system is modulated according to the time of day. These results suggest that the time of day should possibly be taken into account when administering vaccines or therapeutics to increase their effectiveness.

Encasing algal protein in liquid droplets was found to dramatically enhance the algae’s light-harvesting and energy-conversion properties by up to three times. This research may lead towards a new, sustainable way of generating electricity from sunlight.

Pomace – the mashed, leftover pulp from red grapes in the early process of making wine – is considered byproduct rubbish. But maybe not for long. Researchers have now demonstrate how viticultural trash could be a nutritive treasure.

Georgia Tech researchers have developed improved, user-friendly disposable lab tests, capable of of performing multi-step assays.

A new study shows that the disposal of over 16 billion barrels of oil and gas wastewater into unlined pits over a 50-year period has introduced salts, carcinogens and other toxins into regional aquifers.

Bacteria can store extra resources for the lean times, like keeping a piggy bank, as cyanophycin granules. As a natural green polymer, it could have many biotechnological applications.

Scientists have conducted research on the effects of life-long radiation exposures to wildlife that remained in the Fukushima exclusion zone, examining biomarkers of DNA damage and stress.

Researchers glean a more complete picture of a structure called the nuclear pore complex by studying it directly inside cells.

Carpediemonas membranifera, a unicellular organism that lives on marine shorelines, has been found to miss genes that are vital to copying and distributing its DNA.