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What makes a worm say 'yuck'

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) say they have uncovered a way that animals detect pathogens in their bodies that allows their systems to respond before cellular damage ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pee power: Urine-loving bug churns out space fuel

Scientists on Sunday said they had gained insights into a remarkable bacterium that lives without oxygen and transforms ammonium, the ingredient of urine, into hydrazine, a rocket fuel.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 14

FANCM plays key role in inheritance

Scientists of KIT and the University of Birmingham have identified relevant new functions of a gene that plays a crucial role in Fanconi anemia, a life-threatening disease.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Small is good in quest to resolve water crisis

Can Peepoo stop the flying toilet? A small Swedish company believes so. At the World Water Forum in Marseille, it is promoting a cheap, smart fix for the world's billion slumdwellers.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

With you in the room, bacteria counts spike

A person's mere presence in a room can add 37 million bacteria to the air every hour -- material largely left behind by previous occupants and stirred up from the floor -- according to new research by Yale University engineers.

Biology / Other

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Think again about keeping little ones so squeaky clean

A new Northwestern University study suggests that American parents should ease up on antibacterial soap and perhaps allow their little ones a romp or two in the mud --- or at least a much better acquaintance with everyday ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 5

Scientists turn stem cells into precursors for sperm, eggs

Human embryonic stem cells derived from excess IVF embryos may help scientists unlock the mysteries of infertility for other couples struggling to conceive, according to new research from the Stanford University School of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Human sperm created from embryonic stem cells (Update)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human sperm have been created using embryonic stem cells for the first time in a scientific development which will lead researchers to a better understanding of the causes of infertility.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found

Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying "superbug" germs.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

At Long Last, How Plants Make Eggs

(PhysOrg.com) -- A long-standing mystery surrounding a fundamental process in plant biology has been solved by a team of scientists at the University of California, Davis.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3

The machinery for recombination is part of the chromosome structure

During the development of gametes, such as egg and sperm cells in humans, chromosomes are broken and rearranged at many positions. Using state of the art technology, the research group of Franz Klein, professor for genetics ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Back to basics: Scientists discover a fundamental mechanism for cell organization (w/Video)

Scientists have discovered that cells use a very simple phase transition -- similar to water vapor condensing into dew -- to assemble and localize subcellular structures that are involved in formation of the embryo.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New test for germs: Fluorescing DNAzymes detect metabolic products from bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Germs in food, bioterrorism, drug-resistant bacteria and viruses—these are the problems of our time that make early detection of pathogens particularly important. Whereas conventional ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Studies: Swine flu spreads long after fever stops (Update)

(AP) -- When the coughing stops is probably a better sign of when a swine flu patient is no longer contagious, experts said after seeing new research that suggests the virus can still spread many days after ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds protein that sets the stage for exchanges of DNA code in eggs and sperm

A team led by a scientist at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has discovered a regulatory protein that influences where genetic material gets swapped between maternal and paternal chromosomes during the process ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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