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New genomic technique uncovers transcriptome of a reef-building coral

Using a new technique for cDNA preparation combined with the latest sequencing methods, researchers have uncovered the larval transcriptome of a reef-building coral (Acropora millepora). Their study, descri ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0




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DNA discovery key to drought resistant crops

(Phys.org) -- Scientists have pinpointed the ‘stay green' DNA in barley in new research that may help farmers to grow better crops in areas of drought, heat and salinity.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report details efforts to improve, advance indoor microbial sampling

Humans spend greater than 90 percent of their time indoors, but we're never alone there. Bacteria and viruses, scientists estimate, make up half of the world's biomass—some 10 nonillion (1 followed by ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Mapping the genomes of crocodiles and alligators -- It's not for the faint of heart

(Phys.org) -- David Ray never turns his back on his research, and with good reason! "If it can't bite you, it's not interesting," he jokes.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Data in the fast lane

A new approach to managing data over a network has enabled a Microsoft Research team to set a speed record for sifting through, or “sorting,” a huge amount of data in one minute.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unique gold earring found in intriguing collection of ancient jewelry in Israel

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have recently discovered a collection of gold and silver jewelry, dated from around 1100 B.C., hidden in a vessel at the archaeological site of Tel Megiddo in the Jezreel ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers aim to assemble the tree of life for all 2 million named species

A new initiative aims to build a grand tree of life that brings together everything scientists know about how all living things are related, from the tiniest bacteria to the tallest tree.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Genes culled from desert soils suggest potential medical resource

Despite their ecologic similarity, soils from three geographically distinct areas of the American southwest harbor vastly different collections of small, biosynthetic genes, a finding that suggests the existence of a far ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robotic spacecraft / rover hybrids for space exploration

The big news from space exploration is that small bodies in the cosmos offer tantalizing insight about the very formation of our solar system. So what strategy can be employed to inspect these mini-worlds ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Foxtail millet genome sequence completed

BGI, in cooperation with Zhangjiakou Academy of Agricultural Science, has completed the genome sequence and analysis of foxtail millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely planted species of millet. This study provid ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Legume lessons: Reducing fertilizer use through beneficial microbe reactions

Janine Sherrier, professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, is part of a team that has been awarded $6.8 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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