Genes behind lager yeast's cold- and sugar-loving success revealed
Lager beer is cold, crisp, dry—and worth about half a trillion dollars worldwide.
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News tagged with strains
Strep bacteria compete for 'ownership' of human tissue
A well-accepted principle in the animal kingdom—from wasps to deer—is that creatures already occupying a habitat nearly always prevail over competitors from the same species that arrive later. Such infighting for the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 10, 2018
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A toxic bullet involved in bacterial competition found by researchers
A bacterial toxin that allows an infectious strain of bacteria to defeat its competitors has been discovered by Imperial College London scientists.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 20, 2018
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'Smart skin' simplifies spotting strain in structures
Thanks to one peculiar characteristic of carbon nanotubes, engineers will soon be able to measure the accumulated strain in an airplane, a bridge or a pipeline – or just about anything – over the entire surface or down ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 15, 2018
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Researchers develop model of toxoplasmosis evolution
Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease caused by the spread of Toxoplasma gondii, a parasitic alveolite with an interesting life cycle. It exists in three forms. First, oocysts are produced in cats and passed in feces or ...
New theory shows how strain makes for better catalysts
Brown University researchers have developed a new theory to explain why stretching or compressing metal catalysts can make them perform better. The theory, described in the journal Nature Catalysis, could open new design ...
Materials Science
Apr 20, 2018
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Diamond can turn flexible when made into ultrafine needles, researchers find
Diamond is well-known as the strongest of all natural materials, and with that strength comes another tightly linked property: brittleness. But now, an international team of researchers from MIT, Hong Kong, Singapore, and ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 19, 2018
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Piezomagnetic material changes magnetic properties when stretched
Piezoelectric materials, which generate an electric current when compressed or stretched, are familiar and widely used: think of lighters that spark when you press a switch, but also microphones, sensors, motors and all kinds ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 16, 2018
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A virus-bacteria coevolutionary 'arms race' solves diversity by 'killing the winner'
There is remarkable biodiversity in all but the most extreme ecosystems on Earth. When many species are competing for the same finite resource, a theory called competitive exclusion suggests one species will outperform the ...
General Physics
Jan 2, 2018
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Researchers show how nanoscale patterning can decrease metal fatigue
A new study in the journal Nature shows how metals can be patterned at the nanoscale to be more resistant to fatigue, the slow accumulation of internal damage from repetitive strain.
Nanophysics
Oct 30, 2017
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