A transporter which some bacteria use to recycle fragments of their cell wall has been discovered by researchers at Umeå university, Sweden. They found that the transporter controls resistance to certain kinds of cell-wall ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 25, 2023
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Low-wage jobs—when are they stepping-stones towards a successful career and when do they become traps? A new study from Umeå University investigated when transitions from low-wage to better-paid jobs are more likely, and ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2022
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Bacteria are small but tough organisms, partly because their cells are enclosed by a protective cell wall skeleton. Professor Felipe Cava and his team at Umeå University in Sweden and collaborators at Harvard Medical School ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 2, 2022
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In a new thesis from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and Umeå University, unique methods for the analysis of radar data and simulations of meteoroids in the solar system are presented. The methods have been applied ...
Astronomy
Nov 22, 2022
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A team of researchers at Umeå University has discovered that an enzyme in human cells has probably evolved from an ancient single-celled organism. The enzyme's unique properties mean that it could be used as a building block ...
Evolution
Nov 7, 2022
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a growing threat to human health. In an article published in the journal PNAS, Umeå researcher Fredrik Almqvist and his colleagues present a new type of antibiotic that effectively ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 24, 2022
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A research team from Umeå University, SLU and Algeria has found bacteria with a number of interesting properties in previously unexplored caves at a depth of several hundred meters in Algeria. One of these properties is ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 14, 2022
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For the first time, researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, can now show how the dreaded poliovirus behaves when it takes over an infected cell and tricks the cell into producing new virus particles. Polio was thought to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2022
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Groundwaters that circulate through the subsoil as a result of melting permafrost can transport carbon dioxide and methane to Arctic lakes and in turn be emitted to the atmosphere. This process of transporting greenhouse ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2022
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Many anthropogenic chemicals eventually end up in the environment. Some of these can harm wildlife and can affect us humans. A major challenge is to identify these substances before they cause too much damage to the ecosystem ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 4, 2022
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