A team of University of Delaware researchers is opening wider the door for those who study the vast world of microbes. A paper published in Nature Communications on May 6 describes a new technique they developed for examining ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 7, 2015
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Duke researchers have developed a new method to precisely control when genes are turned on and active.
Biotechnology
Apr 6, 2015
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By comparing RNA expression patterns across many different tissues and time points, an international research team led by RIKEN scientists has discovered some basic rules of biological regulation. The findings, obtained by ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 20, 2015
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(Phys.org)—The majority of the human genome is located within the nucleus. However, there is a small but important portion of DNA located within the mitochondria. This mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has received much attention ...
Twitter is expanding its reach into commerce with a new tool called "Offers."
Internet
Nov 25, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Websites like Slickdeals and FatWallet host deal forums where millions of promotions are posted online and carefully scrutinized by price sensitive consumers to find the very lowest prices. While this can be ...
Economics & Business
Nov 25, 2014
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The Obama administration's controversial travel-promotion program has generated a roughly $1 billion increase in the value of the hospitality industry and stands to benefit the U.S. economy in the long run.
Economics & Business
Jul 8, 2014
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Embryonic development involves the tightly coordinated activity of thousands of genes, each switched on at a specific time and place in the growing organism under the control of regulatory DNA sequences called promoters. ...
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2013
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The first dynamic regulatory system that prevents the build-up of toxic metabolites in engineered microbes has been reported by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI). ...
Biotechnology
Oct 29, 2013
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LivingSocial, like its larger rival Groupon, is working to move beyond daily deals.
Business
Sep 17, 2013
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