For our cells to proliferate, differentiate or migrate, the nucleus needs the help of its cytoskeleton, the scaffold surrounding the nucleus which provides cells with shape and solid structure. The disruption of this strong ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2022
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Simon Fraser University researchers are yielding new insights into how chemical reactions can be understood and guided. Results of their interdisciplinary approach have been published in Physical Review Letters.
General Physics
May 2, 2022
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A post-doctoral researcher with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) has made an important step toward understanding how complex mixtures of biomolecular building blocks form self-organized ...
Biochemistry
Apr 12, 2022
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Agent-based simulations (ABS) are powerful computational tools that help scientists understand complex biological systems. These simulations are an inexpensive and efficient way to quickly test hypotheses about the physiology ...
Biotechnology
Sep 27, 2021
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Genetically encoded reporter proteins have been a mainstay of biotechnology research, allowing scientists to track gene expression, understand intracellular processes and debug engineered genetic circuits.
Biotechnology
Aug 25, 2021
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The colonies of social insects are complex systems that are entirely self-organized. Scientists who looked at the demographic, genetic and morphological structure of ant colonies were able to show how this self-organization ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2021
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Just by slowing their metabolism, mutant fruit flies can go from zero to hero.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 25, 2019
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Just by slowing their metabolism, mutant fruit flies can go from zero to hero.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 25, 2019
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20
Past studies have found that a variety of complex networks, from biological systems to social media networks, can exhibit universal topological characteristics. These universal characteristics, however, do not always translate ...
Many complex systems in biology can be conceptualized as networks. This perspective helps researchers understand how biological systems work on a fundamental level, and can be used to answer key questions in biology, medicine, ...
General Physics
Jan 28, 2019
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