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Bacteria reinvent their weapons through selection, chance and gene swapping
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Bacteria reinvent their weapons through selection, chance and gene swapping

Many of the most potent antibiotics originate from bacteria. A large proportion belong to a class of compounds known as nonribosomal peptides (NRP). They are produced by large bacterial enzyme machineriesā€”the nonribosomal peptide synthetases, or NRPS for short. These function like molecular assembly lines: Similar to the stations in a car factory, where new parts are added to the car at each step, several specialized modules string together amino acid by amino acid to build a peptide.

šŸ“… 2026-10-23 20:00:01    ā€¢    Phys.org
New marker panel and free web tool help track stem cells as they develop
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New marker panel and free web tool help track stem cells as they develop

How can the identity of pluripotent stem cells be determined more reliably during their differentiation? Researchers from the IUFā€”Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine and Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf have systematically validated marker genes for this purpose and developed a web-based application for the automated classification of early cell fates. The study has been published in Stem Cell Reports.

šŸ“… 2026-10-23 19:40:08    ā€¢    Phys.org
Can we stop antibiotic resistance from ruining promising drugs before they reach patients?
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Can we stop antibiotic resistance from ruining promising drugs before they reach patients?

What if we could predict early in drug development which antibiotics bacteria are most likely to become resistant to? In a review published in Nature Reviews Microbiology, researchers from the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged (HUN-REN BRC Szeged) and the Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine (HCEMM) in Szeged propose a five-step decision-making framework that could help identify resistance risks early, refine promising drug candidates and prevent costly failures.

šŸ“… 2026-10-23 19:40:01    ā€¢    Phys.org
Everyday Mylar turned into a promising insulator for lunar habitats
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Everyday Mylar turned into a promising insulator for lunar habitats

Establishing a long-term presence on the moon will require solving challenges that are easy to overlook on Earth. Lunar temperatures, for instance, can vary from hundreds of degrees below zero to boiling, making effective insulation essential for lunar habitats.

šŸ“… 2026-10-23 19:20:01    ā€¢    Phys.org
Chaos makes sense of market movements in a crisis
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Chaos makes sense of market movements in a crisis

Research shows that crises do more than cause financial market volatility and falling share pricesā€”they lead to markets becoming far more interconnected.

šŸ“… 2026-10-23 19:00:08    ā€¢    Phys.org
Stellar collision may explain why Orion Nebula's planet-forming disks appear younger than its stars
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Stellar collision may explain why Orion Nebula's planet-forming disks appear younger than its stars

The Orion Nebula is a large star-forming region visible to the naked eye. Some of the young stars in the nebula are surrounded by disks of gas and dust in which planets form. Radiation from the massive central star, 1 Ori C1 (Theta-1 Orionis C1), gradually strips material from these disks, giving them shapes that resemble tadpoles.

šŸ“… 2026-10-23 19:00:01    ā€¢    Phys.org
Scientists uncover the molecular pillars that shape our cells' powerpacks
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Scientists uncover the molecular pillars that shape our cells' powerpacks

Mitochondria are the tiny powerpacks that supply most of the energy our cells need. Their ability to generate this energy relies on a distinctive architecture: two membranes, one tucked inside the other, separated by a narrow gap called the intermembrane space (IMS). This tiny space helps sustain the chemistry of energy production, making its organization critical to how these cellular powerpacks function.

šŸ“… 2026-10-23 18:40:05    ā€¢    Phys.org