Synthetic biologists are learning to turn microbes and unicellular organisms into highly productive factories by re-engineering their metabolism to produce valued commodities such as fine chemicals, therapeutics and biofuels. ...
Biotechnology
Feb 17, 2016
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Most life forms are directly or indirectly dependent on photosynthesis. The question is, can we exploit sunlight more broadly than in carbohydrate production, making it effectively a synthetic biology part? As an answer to ...
Biotechnology
Dec 1, 2015
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The way in which our cells convert food into fuel is shared by almost all living things - now scientists have discovered a likely reason why this is so widespread.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 29, 2015
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University of Adelaide researchers have shown that intelligence in animal species can be estimated by the size of the holes in the skull through which the arteries pass.
Evolution
Jul 15, 2015
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Take a wild, common forest-dwelling mouse-like rodent, known as a vole, and subject it to 13 rounds of selection for increased aerobic exercise metabolism, and what do you get? A mighty "mouse" with a 48 percent higher peak ...
Evolution
Mar 5, 2015
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A team of researchers led by Harvard geneticist George Church at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Harvard Medical School (HMS) has made big strides toward a future in which the predominant chemical ...
Biotechnology
Dec 30, 2014
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A so-called bioparallel chemistry approach is successfully used to image and activate an essential metabolism compound inside a cell.
Biochemistry
Aug 29, 2014
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In close collaboration with Jürg Schönenberger and Yannick Städler from the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research of the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, 14 developmental stages of the flower of ...
Biotechnology
Jul 14, 2014
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We are all creatures of habit, and a new MIT study finds ocean bacteria are no exception.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 11, 2014
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Researchers today announced the creation of an imaging technology more powerful than anything that has existed before, and is fast enough to observe life processes as they actually happen at the molecular level.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 30, 2014
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