Virus may chauffeur useful 'packages' into plants
This time of year, the word "virus" conjures up a bedridden stint with coughs and chills - something everyone goes to great lengths to avoid.
Plants & Animals
Jan 4, 2010
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Genes for drought-tolerance, aflatoxin may mingle to boost corn production
Scientists plan to put two and two together in a study that will likely yield improved U.S. corn quality and yields.
Biotechnology
Jan 4, 2010
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A single atom controls motility required for bacterial infection
Bacteria can swim, propelling themselves through fluids using a whip-like extension called a flaggella. They can also walk, strolling along solid surfaces using little fibrous legs called pili. It is this motility that enable ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2010
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New research findings may help stop age-related macular degeneration at the molecular level
Researchers at University College London say they have gleaned a key insight into the molecular beginnings of age-related macular degeneration, the No. 1 cause of vision loss in the elderly, by determining how two key proteins ...
Biochemistry
Jan 4, 2010
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Spectacular Mars images reveal evidence of ancient lakes (w/ Video)
Spectacular satellite images suggest that Mars was warm enough to sustain lakes three billion years ago, a period that was previously thought to be too cold and arid to sustain water on the surface, according to research ...
Space Exploration
Jan 4, 2010
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Researchers pin down long-elusive protein that's essential to 'life as we know it'
A team of researchers is being recognized for devising a new way to study a human protein that long has evaded close scrutiny by scientists investigating its role in the communication of important genetic messages inside ...
Biochemistry
Jan 4, 2010
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Biodegradable particles can bypass mucus, release drugs over time
Johns Hopkins University researchers have created biodegradable nanosized particles that can easily slip through the body's sticky and viscous mucus secretions to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo.
Nanomaterials
Jan 4, 2010
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Scientists determine how precursors of gene-regulating small RNAs are sorted by cellular machinery
A team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has determined a hierarchical set of criteria that explain how the molecular precursors of gene-regulating small RNAs are sorted by the cellular machinery.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2010
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Flaring Young Stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- The constellation of Vela (visible only from the southern hemisphere) contains a set of giant clouds of gas and dust known collectively as the Vela Molecular complex.
Astronomy
Jan 4, 2010
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NASA's TRMM satellite measures Cyclone Laurence's heavy rainfall
Tropical Cyclone Laurence dropped heavy rainfall over Northwest Australia last week, and NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite measured that rainfall from its orbit in ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 4, 2010
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