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MIT biologists solve vitamin puzzle
03-21-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, MIT and Harvard researchers have discovered the final piece of the synthesis pathway of vitamin B12-the only vitamin synthesized exclusively by microorganisms.
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- MIT biologists solve vitamin puzzle
03-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
Solving a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, MIT and Harvard researchers have discovered the final piece of the synthesis pathway of vitamin B12-the only vitamin synthesized exclusively by microorganisms.
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- MIT Team finds new mechanism of gene control
07-12-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Biologists have long thought that a simple on/off switch controls most genes in human cells. Flip the switch and a cell starts or stops producing a particular protein. But new evidence suggests that our genes are more ready for action than previously thought.
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- Einstein researchers discover how a key dietary vitamin is absorbed
11-30-2006 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found the mechanism by which the B vitamin folate -- a crucially important nutrient -- is absorbed by the intestinal tract. Their findings solve a longstanding mystery as to how folates in the diet are absorbed and pave the way for a genetic test that can save the lives of infants who lack the ability to absorb folate.
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- HST device draws cells close--but not too close--together
04-04-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
On a microscopic level, coaxing cells to be very, very close without actually touching one another has been among the most frustrating challenges for cell biologists. MIT researchers have solved the problem with a novel device.
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- MIT gumshoes solve "throbbing" oil mystery
07-17-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Something surprising happens when you mix mineral oil and detergent, and squeeze a drop of the mixture onto a small dish of water. Now MIT Professors Roman Stocker and John Bush are able to explain this heretofore mysterious reaction.
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- Scientists want to solve puzzle of excess water vapor near cirrus clouds
11-30-2006 · EurekAlert!
Researchers in recent years have found water vapor at concentrations as much as twice what they should be in and around cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere, a finding that could alter some conclusions about climate change. A group of European and US scientists is advocating a broad research effort to solve the puzzle.
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- Professor analyzes nuclear receptors in bee genome
10-25-2006 · EurekAlert!
Susan Fahrbach, a Wake Forest University biologist, is among the more than 170 researchers who helped decode the honey bee genome. She contributed to the article on the bee genome sequence that appears in the October 26 issue of Nature. Her piece of the puzzle -- analyzing the nuclear hormone receptors found in the bee genome -- also appears in the current issue of Insect Molecular Biology.
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- Device draws cells close--but not too close--together
04-04-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
On a microscopic level, coaxing cells to be very, very close without actually touching one another has been among the most frustrating challenges for cell biologists. MIT researchers have solved the problem with a novel device.
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- Case closed -- MIT gumshoes solve 'throbbing' oil mystery
07-17-2007 · EurekAlert!
Try this at home. Pour clean water onto a plate. Wait for the ripples to stop. Then mix a small amount of mineral oil with an even smaller amount of detergent. Squeeze a tiny drop of that mixture onto the water and watch as the oil appears to pump like a beating heart. It's a simple experiment, but explaining what happens has long mystified the scientific community. Now an MIT team has cracked the case.
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- MIT engineer works toward clean water, more
03-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
An MIT engineer working toward clean drinking water in Nepal describes in a recent issue of the Journal of International Development how people from developed and developing countries can work together to solve key humanitarian problems, ultimately meeting the basic human needs for security, broadly defined.
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