Lethal weapon: bacteria's high-risk suicide strategy
(Phys.org)—New research shows how some bacterial cells keep a 'suicide complex' ready to hand at all times.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 27, 2012
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Fitness for toad sperm: The secret is to mate frequently
An increasing number of men suffer from fertility problems, especially in western society. The general belief is that many problems may be related to stress but it is possible that some of them may arise because men simply ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2012
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Engineered bacteria can make the ultimate sacrifice
Scientists have engineered bacteria that are capable of sacrificing themselves for the good of the bacterial population. These altruistically inclined bacteria, which are described online in the journal Molecular Systems ...
Biotechnology
Nov 20, 2012
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Study finds new way in which plants control flower production
The timing of flowering in plants is critical. It can have profound effects on flower, fruit, and seed production, and consequently agricultural yields. This process is known to depend on daylight and temperature cues. However, ...
Biotechnology
Nov 11, 2012
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Farmbook: An app to re-empower farmers
A cell phone application enables Indian farmers to better negotiate the sale of their harvests. Farmbook is designed for use by this population segment, where illiteracy is very common.
Engineering
Nov 1, 2012
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Scientists focus on quorum sensing to better understand bacteria
The relatively new field in microbiology that focuses on quorum sensing has been making strides in understanding how bacteria communicate and cooperate. Quorum sensing describes the bacterial communication between cells that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 11, 2012
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Dating encounters between modern humans and Neandertals
To discover why Neandertals are most closely related to people outside Africa, Harvard and Max Planck Institute scientists have estimated the date when Neandertals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors. The research, ...
Archaeology
Oct 4, 2012
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Protein structure unlocks one mystery of multi-drug tolerance
The structures of key bacterial proteins have revealed one of the biochemical secrets that enables bacteria to outwit antibiotics.
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2012
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Paper describes new method to understand sources of noise in gene-expression
(Phys.org)—Abhyudai Singh, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, describes a new method to understand sources of "noise" in gene-expression that create variability in ...
Biotechnology
Sep 26, 2012
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'Molecular beacons' light up stem cell transformation
(Phys.org)—A novel set of custom-designed "molecular beacons" allows scientists to monitor gene expression in living populations of stem cells as they turn into a specific tissue in real-time. The technology, which Brown ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 11, 2012
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