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Soybeans Ticking Higher on Friday Morning

1 day 17 hours ago
Soybeans are trading with contracts 1 to 2 ¼ cents higher in the front months. Futures closed the Thursday session mixed, with front months 1 to 7 ¾ cents higher and deferreds fractionally to 1 ¾ cents lower. November options expire today. Open interest was down 25.700 contracts on Thursday,...

DNA programs a cell-free material to build its own motors and move

1 day 17 hours ago
Researchers have created a material that manufactures the proteins responsible for cell movement, without needing intact living cells. By embedding cell-free gene expression into a thin sheet of protein filaments, they were able to make the material wrinkle, rise into blister-like shapes and break into bundles that flow around one another.

Mapping the cell: International research team investigates the endoplasmic reticulum

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Human cells contain billions of molecules. To prevent complete chaos, these molecules and the reactions between them are organized within structures known as organelles. One of the cell's most important organelles is the endoplasmic reticulum, a dynamic network that extends throughout the cell and plays an essential role in cell growth. Using a method they developed themselves, an international team of molecular biologists and bioinformaticians has tackled the challenge of determining precisely which molecules make up the membrane of this organelle. The researchers have published their findings in the journal EMBO Reports.