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Reviews of microbial gene language published in special issue of Trends in Microbiology
Ten articles describing how a universal language to describe genes is bringing benefits to the study of the microbial world have been published in a special issue of Trends in Microbiology, co-edited by Virginia Bioinformatics Instit ...
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Professor's hypothesis may be game changer for evolutionary theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new hypothesis posed by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, associate professor and colleagues could be a game changer in the evolution arena. The hypothesis suggests some species are ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Has modern science become dysfunctional?
The recent explosion in the number of retractions in scientific journals is just the tip of the iceberg and a symptom of a greater dysfunction that has been evolving the world of biomedical research say the editors-in-chief ...
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Insects top latest inventory of newly discovered species
More than half of the 19,232 species newly known to science in 2009, the most recent calendar year of compilation, were insects – 9,738 or 50.6 percent – according to the 2011 State of Observed Species ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Decade-long study reveals recurring patterns of viruses in the open ocean
Viruses fill the ocean and have a significant effect on ocean biology, specifically marine microbiology, according to a professor of biology at UC Santa Barbara and his collaborators.
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Mutated scarlet fever fuels Hong Kong outbreak
(AP) -- Ultramodern Hong Kong is tussling with a centuries-old bug long forgotten in many developed countries - an outbreak of drug-resistant scarlet fever that has killed the first children there in a decade. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 27, 2011 |
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German microbiologists aim to optimize bio-ethanol production
Food versus fuel -- this rivalry is gaining significance against a backdrop of increasingly scarce farmland and a concurrent trend towards the use of bio-fuels. Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are ...
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Baking soda dramatically boosts oil production in algae
Montana State University researchers have discovered that baking soda can dramatically increase algae's production of the key oil precursors for biodiesel.
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Colonization of Mars might be microbes away
Tiny rock-eating microbes could mine precious extraterrestrial resources from Mars and pave the way for the first human colonists. Just don't expect them to transform the red planet's surface into a new Earth ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Antibiotic Use Boosts Risk of Infection with Clostridium Bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant Staph infection is not the only emerging bacterial threat. Now a different bug — Clostridium difficile - is gaining strength.
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Jul 02, 2010 |
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Ecosystems under threat from ocean acidification
Acidification of the oceans as a result of increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide could have significant effects on marine ecosystems, according to Michael Maguire presenting at the Society for General Microbiology's ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
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