How Life on Earth Started? First Cells Formed From Bubbles of Fat [Study]

Medicine & Technology Mar 04, 2024

Bubbles of fat came to form the membranes of the first cell. Continue reading to learn more.

Stability AI Technology Supports Effort in Generating DNA Sequences Machines

Nov 09, 2022

Stability AI technology will support developing efforts in generating DNA sequences machines according to the company. Know what are the promising projects that can aid further discoveries, read here now!

Naturally Chiral Surfaces Could Lead to Safer Pharmaceuticals

Aug 10, 2020

According to a new study from Carnegie Mellon University, scalable fabrication of naturally chiral surfaces is the key to safer pharmaceuticals.

Love During a Global Pandemic: These People Are Proof That It’s Possible

Jul 13, 2020

Finding love during the coronavirus pandemic is a thing. Discover how some people find it easier to meet their soulmates during this time rather than any other time.

Scientists Developed a Rapid, Easy-to-Use DNA Amplification Method at 37°C

Jun 14, 2019

The scientists initiated synthetic molecules called locked nucleic acids (LNAs) into the DNA strands, as these molecules are known to help achieve higher stability during hybridization

The Antigastronomist—Unboiling an Egg

Feb 03, 2015

While gastronomists and foodies alike have searched for new methods of altering the chemical composition of foods, chemists at UC Irvine and the University of Western Australia have found a way to undo some of the changes. In fact, after being tasked with finding new methods for reducing the costs of pharmaceutical development, the researchers have found a way to deconstruct the problem and solved the puzzle of unboiling an egg.

VIDEO—Unboiling the Mystery: UC Irvine Researchers Discuss New Discovery of Unboiling Eggs

Feb 03, 2015

While articles this week have pointed to the potential implications of UC Irvine’s newest research, be it in the pharmaceutical or the food industry in spite of its current limitations, now lead author Gregory Weiss is stepping up and answering the question of: Why would we want to unboil an egg?

Scientists Can Now Unboil Eggs

Jan 26, 2015

Did you ever wish you could unboil those eggs you just finished boiling, just so that you could use them in some other culinary masterpiece? Well, maybe someday you can thanks to a team of scientists at the University of California.

Plastic Pollution Causes ‘Tons’ of Problems as New Estimates Reveal Litter on the Rise

Dec 15, 2014

While the biochemistry of the world’s oceans may be a complex study, with a myriad of variants, researchers are certain of one simple fact—man-made plastics do not belong in the oceans. And the pollution of our oceans is far more vast than the world would like to admit. But in a new study recently published in this week’s issue of the journal PLOS ONE researchers are saying that the Earth’s oceans may contain more than 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic particulates, weighing nearly 270,000 tons combined which is far larger than previous studies ever estimated the pollution to be.