A more sustainable version of 'click chemistry'
20 years ago, Danish chemist Morten Meldal discovered a new method for assembling molecules.
Biochemistry
Nov 8, 2022
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University of Southern Denmark
Yeast fungus with the potential to become a global health problem
The story of Candida auris starts in 2009, when a 70-year-old Japanese woman was admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital. Something discharges from one of her ears, and the doctors routinely take samples of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 3, 2022
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Which animals can best withstand climate change?
Extreme weather such as prolonged drought and heavy rainfall is becoming more and more common as the global average temperature rises—and it will only get worse in the coming decades. How will the planet's ecosystems respond?
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2022
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Floors in ancient Greek luxury villa were laid with recycled glass
Although this 1700 years old luxury villa was excavated and examined both in 1856 and in the 1990s, it still has secrets to reveal.
Archaeology
Jul 25, 2022
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Humans can't, but turtles can: Switching off senescence
All living organisms age and die—there is no way of escaping death. But not all organisms follow the same pattern of weakening and deterioration to old age and death—counter-intuitive as it may seem.
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2022
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Can we save more lives if we let resistant bacteria live?
Antibiotic resistance is a ticking timebomb under public health. The WHO predicts that in 2050 more people will die from infections than from cancer—and we are talking about infections that we today consider harmless; infections ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2022
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Human or seal? Who has the best underwater hearing?
Millions of years ago, all mammals lived on land, but at some point, several species left land and evolved to a life in the sea: think of seals and whales, which today are adapted to life under water.
Plants & Animals
May 24, 2022
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Zebrafish offspring weaken when parents are given antibiotics
Antibiotics were once proclaimed the salvation of the world. Today, researchers fear that antibiotics could become a threat to public health and the natural environment.
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2022
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New DNA-peptide molecules developed
When scientists discovered DNA and learned how to control it, not only science but society was revolutionized. Today, researchers and the medical industry routinely create artificial DNA structures for many purposes, including ...
Biochemistry
Jan 10, 2022
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Microbes produce oxygen in the dark
There is more going on in the deep, dark ocean waters than you may think: Uncountable numbers of invisible microorganisms go about their daily lives in the water columns, and now researchers have discovered that some of them ...
Ecology
Jan 6, 2022
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