Analytical Chemistry News and Research

Latest Analytical Chemistry News and Research

Improved RACE-Seq technique helps sequence individual cells

China-based researchers have developed an improved technology that makes it slightly easier to understand cells.

8 Jun 2020

C19ORF57 gene could advance reproductive medicine

The gene C19ORF57 has been identified to play a major role in meiosis by the Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics at Kumamoto University.

5 Jun 2020

New method imitates how plants produce hormones

Plants produce the hormone jasmonic acid as a defense response when challenged. This is how they ensure that their predators no longer like the taste of their leaves.

1 Jun 2020

New minimally invasive method allows cells to be sampled over time

At any given moment, a variety of dynamic processes occur inside a cell, with many developing over time. Because current research methods for gene profiling or protein analysis destroy the cell, study is confined to just that one moment in time, and researchers are unable to return to the cell to examine how things change beyond that snapshot.

27 May 2020

Next-Generation solar cells pass strict international tests

Australian scientists have for the first time produced a new generation of experimental solar energy cells that pass strict International testing standards.

27 May 2020

Compounds in Brazilian shrub can reduce the virulence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Researchers have discovered that the Brazilian peppertree—an invasive, weedy shrub found in Florida—contains specific compounds that lower the virulence of Staphylococcus bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.

25 May 2020

Biochemical and computational methods for large-scale protein-arginine methylation analysis

Methylation (namely addition of a methyl group) of arginine amino acid residues of proteins is a post-translational modification (PTM) catalyzed by a family of nine enzymes called Protein Arginine Methyl-Transferases (PRMTs).

23 May 2020

NMR Confirms Molecular Switches Retain Function In 2D-Array

Researchers have synthesized regular 2D assemblies of isotopically labeled molecular switches and measured the properties of their isomerization.

22 May 2020

Low-Severity Fires Enhance Long-Term Carbon Retention Of Peatlands

High-intensity fires can destroy peat bogs, causing them to emit carbon, but a new study finds low-severity fires spark the opposite outcome.

22 May 2020

Determining The Quantity And Location Of Lipids In The Brain

Researchers have developed a new technique that can determine the specific molecular form, location, and the number of lipids in samples of rat brain tissue.

22 May 2020

Chemicals Often Found In Consumer Products Could Lead To Obesity And Fatty Liver Diseases

Chemical compounds found in many consumer products could be major contributors to the onset of lipid-related diseases, such as obesity according to a study.

22 May 2020

New technique can determine the location and quantity of lipids in the brain

A research team has devised a unique method that can establish the amount, location, and specific molecular form of lipids in rat brain tissue samples.

21 May 2020

A New Imaging Approach To See Multiple Proteins Simultaneously

Degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's often involve complex interactions between multiple proteins and other biomolecules.

19 May 2020

Using light to control the viability and mobility of individual cells

Photopharmacology is the study that examines the use of light to change the impact of drugs on and off. For the first time, researchers from Jena, Munich, and New York have successfully applied this technique to regulate a component of cells that was earlier believed to be inaccessible.

18 May 2020

Researchers discover a key regulating factor for alternative autophagy

Autophagy can be described as a housekeeping process using which cells eliminate dysfunctional contents to stabilize the energy sources during stressful situations.

18 May 2020

Leap Forward In The Discovery And Development Of New Antibiotics

A powerful new insight, linked to recent studies, has provided a new understanding of Glycopeptide antibiotics biosynthesis that allows new GPAs to be made.

18 May 2020

Researchers discover group of genes with altered expression in autism

Autism has long been associated only with behavioral and environmental factors, but the role of genetics in its development is now increasingly evident. Some 100 genes have been found to play a role in autism spectrum disorder, and another thousand are being studied to the same end.

15 May 2020