Researchers Wake-Up DNA From Soil Bacteria to Discover Novel Acid Antibiotic
Scleric Acid has been discovered by capturing and engineering a DNA fragment from soil bacteria Streptomyces sclerotialus, and could help fight bacterial infections – by researchers at the School of Life Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick. A team led by Dr Christophe Corre and Dr Manuela Tosin have had published in Chemical Science the…
Bacteria-Fighting Polymers Created With Light
Historic Space Weather Could Clarify What’s Next
Viewing Cell Proteins on the Nanoscale
Scientists at the University of Warwick have created a new way to view proteins that are inside human cells. Using Ferritin, a large protein shell that our cells use to store iron, the researchers have found a method they have called FerriTag that allows an electron microscope (EM) to view proteins precisely unlike current methods.…
Globular Clusters Four Billion Years Younger Than Previously Thought
Globular clusters could be up to 4 billion years younger than previously thought, new research led by the University of Warwick has found. Comprised of hundreds of thousands of stars densely packed into a tight ball, globular clusters had been thought to be almost as old as the Universe itself – but thanks to newly…
Better Hear-to-Electricity Conversion with Atomically Thin Nanowires
Waste heat can be converted to electricity more efficiently using one-dimensional nanoscale materials as thin as an atom — ushering a new way of generating sustainable energy — thanks to new research by the University of Warwick. Led by Drs. Andrij Vasylenko, Samuel Marks, Jeremy Sloan, and David Quigley from Warwick’s Department of Physics, in…
Light-Activated Cancer Drugs Without Toxic Side Effects: Fresh Insight
More Electronic Materials Opened Up With Metal-Organic Framework
Drug Discovery Could Accelerate Hugely with Machine Learning
Scientists “Hotwire” Cells to Trigger Endocytosis
A solution to the problem of creating endocytosis on demand is being compared to “hotwiring” a car. A team at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, has managed to trigger clathrin-mediated endocytosis in the lab. They did it by using a chemical rapamycin which diffuses in to the cell allowing them to trigger endocytosis to…
Lasers Used To Detect Risk of Heart Attack And Stroke
“Wonder” Material Revolutionizes Flexible Technology
Organo-Metal Compound Seen Killing Cancer Cells from Inside
Researchers have witnessed – for the first time – cancer cells being targeted and destroyed from the inside, by an organo-metal compound discovered by the University of Warwick. Professor Peter J. Sadler, and his group in the Department of Chemistry, have demonstrated that Organo-Osmium FY26 – which was first discovered at Warwick – kills cancer…