Science News for Kids » proteins http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Strong and slimy http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:31:25 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15314 Scientist Atsuko Negishi holds a hagfish in one hand and its slime in the other. She studies the ooze in the lab of materials scientist David Fudge, at far right. Credit: Andra Zommers/University of Guelph

Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish]]> Scientist Atsuko Negishi holds a hagfish in one hand and its slime in the other. She studies the ooze in the lab of materials scientist David Fudge, at far right. Credit: Andra Zommers/University of Guelph

Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/feed/ 0 The rest of your DNA http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/the-rest-of-your-dna/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/the-rest-of-your-dna/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:48:35 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=14254 An international team of scientists has determined that a good chunk of our DNA may act as switches that turn genes “on” and “off.” Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute

Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions]]> An international team of scientists has determined that a good chunk of our DNA may act as switches that turn genes “on” and “off.” Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute

Surprise: Scientists find most of human DNA molecule carries out important functions]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/09/the-rest-of-your-dna/feed/ 0