A research team led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Huazhong Agricultural University has identified two new fatty acids — named Nebraskanic acid and Wuhanic acid — in the seed oil o...
https://www.sci.news/biology/nebraskanic-wuhanic-fatty-acids-06348.html
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory-led interdisciplinary research team has developed the first-ever biological identification method that exploits the information encoded in proteins of hum...
https://www.sci.news/biology/forensic-method-humans-hair-proteins-04183.html
Bromine – an element with atomic number 35 and the chemical symbol Br – is the 28th chemical element essential for tissue development in humans and all other animals, says a team of researche...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/biochemistry/science-bromine-essential-human-01981.html
Scientists have developed a unique method to authenticate the purity and origin of cacao beans, the source of chocolate’s main ingredient, cocoa. “Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.), the source of co...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/chemistry/science-authenticity-cacao-beans-01696.html
A team of scientists reporting in the Journal of Proteome Research has cracked the secret of the black Périgord truffle’s unique, pungent aroma. Named after Périgord region in France, the bla...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/chemistry/science-black-perigord-truffle-01604.html
U.S. researchers have discovered two large-effect mutations that sparked a hormonal revolution about 500 million years ago. In their study, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/biochemistry/science-ancient-proteins-two-mutations-01175.html
According to a new study led by Dr Diana van Heemst of the Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands, low levels of vitamin D may be associated with familial longevity. “We found that f...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/biochemistry/article00705.html
Scientists at Monash University in Australia have found how the zebrafish heals its spinal cord after injury. The zebrafish, Danio rerio, is a tropical fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. Th...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/biochemistry/article00366.html
An international team of researchers has identified why some curry dishes, made with spices humans have used for thousands of years, might be good for your health. A new study, published in the J...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/biochemistry/article00344.html
An international team of researchers has found that a high intake of flavonoid-rich berries, such as strawberries and blueberries, over time, can delay memory decline in older women by 2.5 years....
A researcher from the Columbia University in New York has claimed the possibility that advanced versions of Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs – monstrous creatures with the intelligence –...
A team of scientists led by chemist Robert Doyle demonstrated, for the first time, that a critical hormone that helps people feel full after eating can be delivered into the bloodstream orally, a...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/biochemistry/chew-gum-to-lose-weight.html
When a male rat senses the presence of a fetching female rat, a certain region of his brain lights up with neural activity, in anticipation of romance. Now Stanford University researchers have di...
https://www.sci.news/biology/toxoplasma-rats-for-outdoor-cats.html