Researchers discover 'walking' properties of bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many drug-resistant infections are the result of bacterial biofilms, structured aggregates of bacteria that live on surfaces and that are extremely resistant to environmental stresses. These biofilms impact ...

Synthetic life could aid space exploration

When packing for a manned mission to Mars or the Moon, the best thing to bring may not be food or fuel, but specially designed organisms that can create those things for you.

Genetic switch underlies noisy cell division

(PhysOrg.com) -- While scientists have spent the past 40 years describing the intricate series of events that occur when one mammalian cell divides into two, they still haven't agreed on how the process begins.

New hydrolysis model promising tool in cellulosic biofuel studies

Scientists are working hard to develop the tools and find the organisms to break down the complex structure of plant cellulose into its component sugars - the key step toward fermentation of those sugars into usable biofuel. ...

Engineering textbook promotes social justice

Imagine you're an engineer charged with designing an SUV to sell in a third-world country. What sorts of questions might you consider before creating a prototype?

Same types of cell respond differently to stimulus, study shows

Using new technology that allows scientists to monitor how individual cells react in the complex system of cell signaling, Stanford University researchers have uncovered a much larger spectrum of differences between each ...

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