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Plants & Animals Apr 3, 2024

Unlocking the secrets of disease resistance in chrysanthemums: A holistic approach to combating black spot disease

Chrysanthemum, celebrated for its ornamental, medicinal, and beverage value, faces significant threats from bacterial and fungal infections, particularly black spot disease caused by Alternaria alternate, which leads to severe ...

Biotechnology Mar 11, 2024

Cold plasma could be hot stuff for grain growers, say researchers

Using plasma—the stuff of outer space—University of Alberta researchers have found an effective way to decontaminate grain tainted by mold and also boost seed germination. Their study is published in the Journal of Food ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 7, 2024

Blighia sapida: A tropical fruit with antimicrobial properties

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains 1 of the top 3 global public health challenges facing humanity. Every year, 70,000 people die globally from AMR, and the threat is exacerbated by the fact that we have moved from the ...

Cell & Microbiology Feb 28, 2024

Expedition finds Tibetan lakes harbor bacteria that produce antibiotics

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from China and Russia have discovered that the waters and soils of the Tibetan Plateau are teeming with bacteria that produce antibiotics. While none of the antimicrobial compounds ...

Plants & Animals Feb 23, 2024

An increase in blood-sucking black flies is expected in Germany

Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt and the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center have modeled the spatial distributional patterns of black flies in Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate ...

Bio & Medicine Feb 23, 2024

Researchers develop hemostatic agent from mussels and silkworm cocoons to stop organ bleeding

In recent news, there has been a case where a patient experienced pain due to a surgical procedure involving sutures, resulting in the unintended presence of gauze within the patient's body. Gauze is typically employed to ...

Molecular & Computational biology Sep 19, 2023

New research unveils Pseudomonas cyclic lipopeptide medpeptin's role in modulating plant immunity

A research study conducted by Hai-Lei Wei's research team at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China has revealed significant insights into the biosynthesis and modulation of plant immunity by a novel cyclic ...

Ecology Aug 21, 2023

How Salmonella grow together in the gut and exchange antibiotic resistance

The ability to utilize a mere single alternative food source is all it takes for diarrhea-causing Salmonella bacteria to bloom when a gut is already colonized by a closely related strain, according to researchers from ETH ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 13, 2023

Researchers engineer nanostructures to enhance the immune system's ability to combat cancer

Over the past decade, researchers have sought more effective and enduring cancer treatments. Among the wide variety of immunotherapies, Stimulator of Interfron Genes activation (STING agonism) has emerged as a particularly ...

Ecology Jun 9, 2023

Marine viruses: Submerged players of climate change

While the world has been heavily focused on the usual players of global climate change, like fossil fuels and deforestation, a group of unlikely contenders has emerged from the depths of the ocean—marine viruses. These ...

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