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50-year cholera mystery solved: Answers may help clear the way for a new class of antibiotics

For 50 years scientists have been unsure how the bacteria that gives humans cholera manages to resist one of our basic innate immune responses. That mystery has now been solved, thanks to research from biologists at The University ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

We need to talk: How cells communicate to activate notch

During formation of multi-cellular organisms, cells need to talk to each other to make critical decisions as to what kind of cell to become, as well as when and where to become that cell type. The Notch signaling system allows ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists confirm Sierra Nevada 200-year megadroughts

The erratic year-to-year swings in precipitation totals in the Reno-Tahoe area conjures up the word "drought" every couple of years, and this year is no exception. The Nevada State Climate Office at the University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0