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In a world first, a team led by food scientist Dr. Alejandro Marangoni discovered that adding a key component in cocoa butter fat to melted chocolate helps to hold it together and give it an ideal structure, simply and inexpensively.

By analyzing the rate of ribosome movement in yeast cells, scientists have succeeded in demonstrating that the rate of protein synthesis is modulated by regulatory factors that modify at will the rate of translation of messenger RNA into proteins.

Researchers have developed a smart device for personalized skin care modeled after the male diving beetle. The device collects and monitors body fluids while sticking to the skin, paving the way for more accurate diagnostics and treatments for skin diseases.

Researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology and Nanjing University find that KNUCKLES, a small multi-functional protein, supports the correct timing of floral development for the proper formation of flower reproductive organs.

Researchers have identified three new urinary biomarkers that could be used to detect consumption of ADB-BUTINACA, an emerging synthetic cannabinoid which is a type of new psychoactive substance. The tests could help to boost surveillance of designer drug abuse.

Xanthomonas citri is a notorious “villain” among citrus growers with the bacterium causing citrus canker, but researchers reveal the biological processes used by the bacterium to weaken plants’ defense systems and have discovered a new class of enzymes that can assist infection.

As climate change continues to do more damage to our planet, scientists are working to find more efficient and cleaner ways to power the earth. Research into biochemical pathways could bring us closer to implementing sustainable alternatives to synthesizing oil-derived products.

In a new study, researchers from the University of Oxford found that the amount of influence our genes have on disease susceptibility declines as we get older.

Researchers have used evolutionary “time travel” to learn how an enzyme evolved over time, from one of Earth’s most ancient organisms to modern-day humans.

Researchers sequenced DNA samples from 32 families in which at least three women had been diagnosed with endometriosis. They identified that individuals with a more severe form of the disease possessed variants in a gene known as NPSR1. The findings point towards a novel drug target for endometriosis treatment.