Small Molecule
Small Molecule: Within the fields of molecular biology and pharmacology, a small molecule is a low molecular weight organic compound that may regulate a biological process, with a size on the order of 1 nm. Most drugs are small molecules.
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NOV 01, 2019Chemistry & Physics
NOV 01, 2019In a recent study, a group of biomedical researchers at Michigan State University developed a new platform for tweaking light-activated dyes that can enable diagnostic imaging, image-guided s...WRITTEN BY: Yin (Daniel) DuanOCT 22, 2019Genetics & Genomics
OCT 22, 2019In recent years, scientists have found that a phenomenon called phase separation plays a critical role in the functions of cells....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
OCT 15, 2019Researchers are learning more about why bright light wakes us up....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2019Genetics & Genomics
OCT 11, 2019Around 3,500 American babies die of sudden unexpected infant death every year....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2019Infographics
OCT 02, 2019Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) allows researchers to investigate different types of biomolecular interactions and mechanisms in real-time and label-free....SPONSORED BY: Reichert Technologies Life SciencesSEP 24, 2019Cancer
SEP 24, 2019Can you imagine an electronic device that is capable of figuring out which lung cancer patients will respond best to immunotherapy? If so, now try to imagi...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 18, 2019Genetics & Genomics
SEP 18, 2019As genetic technologies rapidly advance, totally new approaches are now possible. One innovation is the CRISPR-Chip....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2019Genetics & Genomics
SEP 11, 2019CRISPR/Cas9 was developed as a gene-editing tool and now it's going beyond small, targeted changes in the genome....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 08, 2019There are living creatures that can absorb and reemit light, and its a widespread characteristic among marine animals....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 04, 2019A bacterial pathogen called Helicobacter pylori is known to colonize the stomach and cause ulcers....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 02, 2019Researchers at the University of Illinois developed a minuscule probe that can take the temperature of a cell's interior....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2019Chemistry & Physics
AUG 08, 2019According to the International Energy Agency, the worldwide hydrogen market is expected to reach over $150 billion US dollar by the year 2022 under th...WRITTEN BY: Yin (Daniel) DuanJUL 23, 2019Health & Medicine
JUL 23, 2019Using nanoparticles to deliver cancer-fighting compounds directly into tumors has been a hot research topic for the past few years. According to Lisa Ayga...WRITTEN BY: Tiffany DazetJUL 19, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
JUL 19, 2019According to a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), a new drug-delivery system disguises as fat in order to outsmart tum...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminJUL 09, 2019Health & Medicine
JUL 09, 2019A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Lowell has developed a technique to enhance the growth of new bones using eggshells. In a statem...WRITTEN BY: Tiffany DazetJUL 08, 2019Technology
JUL 08, 2019DNA molecules are the very essence of biological data and have long baffled scientists for its potentiality in utilizing it for engineered data storage dev...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminJUL 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
JUL 03, 2019It may one day be possible to treat psychiatric disorders with therapy that targets genetic mutations, which was done in a recent study....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2019Genetics & Genomics
JUN 28, 2019The inch-long sea slug Elysia rufescens eats algae for sustenance, but it gets an added benefit in the form of toxins within the algae....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2019Chemistry & Physics
JUN 27, 2019For positron emission tomography (PET) scans, patients are injected with a radioactive probe that emits positrons (a positron is the antimatter of an elect...WRITTEN BY: Yin (Daniel) DuanJUN 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
JUN 24, 2019A study published earlier this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes the term futuristic to the next level. Imagine: f...WRITTEN BY: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 24, 2019Technology
JUN 24, 2019Nanoemulsions are tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid. These emulsions are similar to the droplets that form when you shaking an oi...WRITTEN BY: Nouran AminJUN 22, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
JUN 22, 2019A team of researchers is trying to develop a treatment for chronic inflammatory disorders by inhibiting a complex called the NLRP3 inflammasome....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2019Microbiology
JUN 21, 2019Reports of protein in dinosaur fossils may actually be something more modern, new work suggests....WRITTEN BY: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
JUN 20, 2019DNA microscopy doesn't use optics but enables the visualization of molecules. / Image credit: J. Weinstein et al./Cell 2019...WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
NOV 01, 2019
In a recent study, a group of biomedical researchers at Michigan State University developed a new platform for tweaking light-activated dyes that can enable diagnostic imaging, image-guided s...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
OCT 22, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 22, 2019
In recent years, scientists have found that a phenomenon called phase separation plays a critical role in the functions of cells....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
OCT 15, 2019
Researchers are learning more about why bright light wakes us up....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
OCT 11, 2019
Around 3,500 American babies die of sudden unexpected infant death every year....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2019
Infographics
OCT 02, 2019
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) allows researchers to investigate different types of biomolecular interactions and mechanisms in real-time and label-free....
SPONSORED BY:
Reichert Technologies Life Sciences
SEP 24, 2019
Cancer
SEP 24, 2019
Can you imagine an electronic device that is capable of figuring out which lung cancer patients will respond best to immunotherapy? If so, now try to imagi...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 18, 2019
As genetic technologies rapidly advance, totally new approaches are now possible. One innovation is the CRISPR-Chip....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 11, 2019
CRISPR/Cas9 was developed as a gene-editing tool and now it's going beyond small, targeted changes in the genome....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 08, 2019
There are living creatures that can absorb and reemit light, and its a widespread characteristic among marine animals....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 04, 2019
A bacterial pathogen called Helicobacter pylori is known to colonize the stomach and cause ulcers....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 02, 2019
Researchers at the University of Illinois developed a minuscule probe that can take the temperature of a cell's interior....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
AUG 08, 2019
According to the International Energy Agency, the worldwide hydrogen market is expected to reach over $150 billion US dollar by the year 2022 under th...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JUL 23, 2019
Health & Medicine
JUL 23, 2019
Using nanoparticles to deliver cancer-fighting compounds directly into tumors has been a hot research topic for the past few years. According to Lisa Ayga...
WRITTEN BY:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
JUL 19, 2019
According to a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), a new drug-delivery system disguises as fat in order to outsmart tum...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
JUL 09, 2019
Health & Medicine
JUL 09, 2019
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Lowell has developed a technique to enhance the growth of new bones using eggshells. In a statem...
WRITTEN BY:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 08, 2019
Technology
JUL 08, 2019
DNA molecules are the very essence of biological data and have long baffled scientists for its potentiality in utilizing it for engineered data storage dev...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
JUL 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
JUL 03, 2019
It may one day be possible to treat psychiatric disorders with therapy that targets genetic mutations, which was done in a recent study....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
JUN 28, 2019
The inch-long sea slug Elysia rufescens eats algae for sustenance, but it gets an added benefit in the form of toxins within the algae....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
JUN 27, 2019
For positron emission tomography (PET) scans, patients are injected with a radioactive probe that emits positrons (a positron is the antimatter of an elect...
WRITTEN BY:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
JUN 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
JUN 24, 2019
A study published earlier this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences takes the term futuristic to the next level. Imagine: f...
WRITTEN BY:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 24, 2019
Technology
JUN 24, 2019
Nanoemulsions are tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid. These emulsions are similar to the droplets that form when you shaking an oi...
WRITTEN BY:
Nouran Amin
JUN 22, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
JUN 22, 2019
A team of researchers is trying to develop a treatment for chronic inflammatory disorders by inhibiting a complex called the NLRP3 inflammasome....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2019
Microbiology
JUN 21, 2019
Reports of protein in dinosaur fossils may actually be something more modern, new work suggests....
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
JUN 20, 2019
DNA microscopy doesn't use optics but enables the visualization of molecules. / Image credit: J. Weinstein et al./Cell 2019...
WRITTEN BY:
Carmen Leitch
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