All building-block molecules of life like DNA, proteins and carbohydrates have a unique structural property that still perplexes scientists. They have what is called structural asymmetry, or chirality ...

Engineers and biochemists have brought their skills together to make it possible for untrained users to confirm contamination in fluids using a biogel test that changes color in the presence of such ...

Bacteria are ubiquitous microscopic organisms capable of rapid growth. While beneficial strains like lactic acid bacteria (LAB) promote gut health and food preservation, pathogenic bacteria such as ...

Researchers have identified gut bacteria that can absorb toxic "forever chemicals" in lab mice, according to a new study, potentially offering up a way to control PFAS levels in humans. PFAS, or ...

The steel industry in Pittsburgh, despite bringing economic benefits to the city in its prime, has left lasting negative effects on our environment. As ...

There has been much theoretical debate about whether and how organisms can evolve to become better at evolving, but now a team of researchers has made it happen in a lab – and documented almost every ...

Materiali Molli Lab, rotate tiny hockey puck-like discs by generating torque. Funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and published in Nature Physics, this insight adds to the understanding of ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they study ancient microorganisms. Research led by Cal Poly biochemistry Professor ...

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