(PhysOrg.com) -- OK, it takes two for human reproduction, and now it seems that plants and animals that can rely on either a partner or go alone by self-fertilization give their offspring a better chance for ...

Biology - Evolution

Oct 21, 2009 3.4 / 5 (18) 1

The structures of key bacterial proteins have revealed one of the biochemical secrets that enables bacteria to outwit antibiotics.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Sep 26, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org)—New research shows how some bacterial cells keep a 'suicide complex' ready to hand at all times.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 27, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 3 |

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered that maize crops emit chemical signals which attract growth-promoting microbes to live amongst their roots. This is the ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 24, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Algal blooms can considerably interfere with summer holidays by the sea. In the coastal zone of temperate regions a spring algal bloom is not a sign of excessive nutrient input, but most of all a consequence ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 04, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

Scientists have engineered bacteria that are capable of sacrificing themselves for the good of the bacterial population. These altruistically inclined bacteria, which are described online in the journal Molecular Sy ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 20, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

On May 8th JoVE will publish research that demonstrates how a biosensor can detect antibiotic resistance in bacteria. This new technology is a preliminary step in identifying and fighting superbugs, a major public health con ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

May 08, 2013 not rated yet 0

Working to better predict general patterns of evolution, a University of Houston (UH) biologist and his team have discovered some surprising things about gene mutations that might one day make it possible ...

Biology - Evolution

Jun 02, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

An outbreak of anthrax has killed at least 30 hippopotamus in South Africa's famed Kruger National Park wildlife reserve, the country's parks authority said on Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

In an effort to save the dwindling honeybee population researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas are looking to viruses to help treat one of the most destructive and widespread bee brood diseases in the United States. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 18, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0

The world population is estimated to be seven billion and all these mouths need feeding. With fears about overfishing and the sustainability of fish stocks in our seas fish farming is becoming big business. As with all farming ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists have devised a method to measure the impact of age on the growth rates of cellular populations, a development that offers new ways to understand and model the growth of bacteria, and could provide new insights ...

Biology - Evolution

Sep 07, 2011 not rated yet 0

Beneficial mutations within a bacterial population accumulate during evolution, but performance tends to reach a plateau. Consequently, theoretical evolutionary models need to take into account a "braking effect" in expected ...

Biology - Evolution

Jun 08, 2011 not rated yet 7

Switching from warm-season grasses to cool-season forages can give livestock a belly ache, in some cases a deadly one, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 05, 2010 not rated yet 0