One limitation of producing biofuel is that the alcohol created by fermentation is toxic to the microbes that produce it. Now scientists are closer to overcoming this obstacle.
Biotechnology
Mar 4, 2025
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Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with variations in receptor function.
US company Colossal Biosciences has announced the creation of a "woolly mouse"—a laboratory mouse with a series of genetic modifications that lead to a woolly coat. The company claims this is the first step toward "de-extincting" ...
Biotechnology
Mar 6, 2025
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Yeast cells can be used to convert agricultural and forestry residues, as well as industrial byproducts, into valuable bioproducts. New and unexplored yeast strains may have properties that can enhance the commercial competitiveness ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 26, 2025
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KTU researchers are proposing an innovative forest regeneration model and a sound analysis system that can predict forest conditions and detect environmental changes in real time.
Ecology
Mar 7, 2025
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The same substance that paints the sky with the Northern Lights also appears to enhance plant growth and insect defense, according to a new study.
Biotechnology
Mar 3, 2025
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Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with "kill switches" that can be triggered to stop the bacteria after they activate ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 25, 2025
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Researchers have shown, for the first time, how the genetic material of the Nipah virus replicates in infected cells. The virus can cause fatal encephalitis in humans.
Biotechnology
Mar 10, 2025
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Computational microscopy is vital in biomedicine and materials science. Traditional methods struggle with optical aberrations, noise interference, and differences between physical models and real-world imaging, reducing the ...
Biotechnology
Mar 10, 2025
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Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then differentiated into a neuron. Researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 13, 2025
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