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Newly discovered microbes in Amazon peatlands could affect global carbon balance
Complex organisms, thousands of times smaller than a grain of sand, can shape massive ecosystems and influence the fate of Earth's climate, according to a new study.
Ecology
Jan 25, 2025
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Reforestation stands out among plant-based climate-mitigation strategies as most beneficial for wildlife biodiversity
In the global effort to combat climate change, large-scale, plant-based strategies such as planting forests and cultivating biofuels are an increasingly important part of countries' plans to reduce their overall carbon emissions, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2025
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Invisible alliances: Kingdoms collide as bacteria and cells form captivating connections
In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is commonly known to be responsible for protein trafficking and secretion. In reality, the ER is vast ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2025
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Study points to South America—not Mexico—as birthplace of Irish potato famine pathogen
North Carolina State University researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where the Irish potato famine pathogen, Phtytophthora infestans, originated.
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2025
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Fruit flies' courtship song may hold key to controlling mosquitoes
How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 24, 2025
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Using AI machine learning to map hidden molecular interactions in bacteria
A new study from Oregon Health & Science University has uncovered how small molecules within bacteria interact with proteins, revealing a network of molecular connections that could improve drug discovery and cancer research.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2025
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Researchers uncover principles of gene expression regulation in cancer and cellular functions
A research team at KAIST has identified the core gene expression networks regulated by key proteins that fundamentally drive phenomena such as cancer development, metastasis, tissue differentiation from stem cells, and neural ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2025
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Engineers develop microfluidic protocol to extract and purify DNA
Call it the science of small, but a trio of University of Florida chemical engineers have developed a lab-on-a-chip process that could make a big difference for DNA research and, ultimately, patients.
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2025
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Genomic analyses reveal human activity's vital role in Amazonian species' genetic makeup
Researchers from the German Max Planck Institutes of Geoanthropology and Biology Tübingen use genomic data to study the decline in genetic diversity in the Amazon Basin, particularly in Brazil Nut trees.
Ecology
Jan 24, 2025
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The cost of ignoring the biodiversity crisis: Research highlights 'invisible' wildlife benefits that people could lose
New WWF-led research reveals that the vital benefits wildlife provides to people's everyday lives are vastly underrepresented across science and policy discussions. This oversight could have detrimental consequences for achieving ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2025
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Scientists trace deadly cell-to-cell message chain that spreads in sepsis
Like a poison pen, dying cells prick their neighbors with a lethal message. This may worsen sepsis, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the UConn School of Medicine report in the Jan. 23 issue of Cell. Their findings could lead ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2025
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New method enables protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cells in organ-scale tissues
A new technology developed at MIT enables scientists to label proteins across millions of individual cells in fully intact 3D tissues with unprecedented speed, uniformity, and versatility. Using the technology, the team was ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2025
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Wound healing at a smaller scale: Study reveals membrane tension regulates cellular repair
Similar to a small cut that heals itself after a short time, individual cells in our body suffer "wounds" in their protective layer, the cell membrane, every day and have to repair them again.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 24, 2025
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Do or die: How soybeans tackle nematode invaders
"Fight-or-flight" is not an option for plants, unfortunately, when it comes to pathogen attacks. Instead, plants opt for "do-or-die." A deeper insight into the genetic mechanisms that enable plants to resist pathogen infections ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 24, 2025
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Chronic wasting disease detected in Georgia deer for the first time
A fatal neurological illness that affects deer known as chronic wasting disease has been detected in Georgia for the first time, state wildlife officials announced Thursday.
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2025
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Scientists predict what will be top of the crops in the UK by 2080 due to climate change
While climate change is likely to present significant challenges to agriculture in coming decades, it could also mean that crops such as chickpeas, soybeans and oranges are widely grown across the UK, and home-produced hummus, ...
Agriculture
Jan 24, 2025
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Just how cold did Texas get during recent winter blast? Alligators froze in solid ice
In steamy Texas summers, alligators glide through swamps and lakes, occasionally frightening suburban Dallas dwellers.
Ecology
Jan 24, 2025
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Azraq Basin fossils reveal mammals shrank during Pleistocene-Holocene climate shift
Earth's climate changed dramatically during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene 130,000 to 7,000 years ago, when cold glacial cycles transitioned into the current warmer interglacial. Such a climatic evolution had considerable ...
Climate-driven changes have already threatened more than half of Central Europe's productive agricultural landscape
Droughts are a serious consequence of climate change, devastating ecosystems, along with the organisms and communities who inhabit them. Understanding the impact of this upon agricultural productivity is vital to ensure sustainable ...
Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals, and even some of their toxic byproducts
In the quest to take the "forever" out of "forever chemicals," bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but certain microbes can actually ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2025
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