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Totally rad: Scientists create rewritable digital data storage in DNA

(Phys.org) -- Scientists from Stanford's Department of Bioengineering have devised a method for repeatedly encoding, storing and erasing digital data within the DNA of living cells.

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Research uncovers new exception to decades-old rule about RNA splicing

There are always exceptions to a rule, even one that has prevailed for more than three decades, as demonstrated by a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) study on RNA splicing, a cellular editing process. The rule-flaunting ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers uncover how plant skin is assembled

(Phys.org) -- For the first time, scientists have identified how a plant's skin is assembled.

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Friendly Fungi: Elucidating the fungal biosynthesis of stipitatic acid

(Phys.org) -- In a tale worthy of Sherlock Holmes, scientists in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol, UK have solved a biochemical mystery that had previously proven elusive for 70 years: ...

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created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

New means of safeguarding world fish stocks proven

Powerful and versatile new genetic tools that will assist in safeguarding both European fish stocks and European consumers is reported in Nature Communications. The paper reports on the first system proven to identify popula ...

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Blossom end rot plummets in transgenic tomato

The brown tissue that signals blossom end rot in tomatoes is a major problem for large producers and home gardeners, but a Purdue University researcher has unknowingly had the answer to significantly lowering ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3

How plants chill out

Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in Current Biology. Understanding why plants alter ...

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mapping the genomes of crocodiles and alligators -- It's not for the faint of heart

(Phys.org) -- David Ray never turns his back on his research, and with good reason! "If it can't bite you, it's not interesting," he jokes.

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created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0