Starving bacteria can eject their tails to save energy and stay alive
When nutrients are dangerously low, a group of bacteria have been found to take the drastic measure of getting rid of their tails.
When nutrients are dangerously low, a group of bacteria have been found to take the drastic measure of getting rid of their tails.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 19, 2019
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Dinosaurs were unaffected by long-term climate changes and flourished before their sudden demise by asteroid strike.
Archaeology
Mar 6, 2019
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The technology, developed by researchers at Imperial College London and The University of Hong Kong, can be used to measure hormones that affect fertility, sexual development and menstruation more quickly and cheaply than ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 21, 2019
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For the first time, scientists have used light beams to manipulate lipid rafts in artificial cell membranes.
Materials Science
Jan 29, 2019
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Imperial researchers have devised a way to deposit metals onto fabrics and used it to insert sensors and batteries into these materials.
Materials Science
Jan 18, 2019
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Materials are widely used to help heal wounds: Collagen sponges help treat burns and pressure sores, and scaffold-like implants are used to repair bones. However, the process of tissue repair changes over time, so scientists ...
Materials Science
Jan 7, 2019
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382
A new approach to restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest could triple biodiversity gains while reducing costs by US$28 billion.
Environment
Dec 18, 2018
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229
New research from scientists at Imperial College London unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 7, 2018
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Scientists have uncovered an unexpected new role for a protein that may underlie rare diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2018
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Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a new class of multi-functional sequence-defined polymers.
Polymers
Dec 4, 2018
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