Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have established a new optogenetic approach that can control the bacterial production of proteins at the mRNA level using blue light. The new system gates the activation of the genetic ...
Biotechnology
Aug 14, 2024
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How does one species become two? If you're a biologist, that's a loaded question. The consensus is that, in most cases, the process of speciation occurs when individuals from a single population become geographically isolated. ...
Ecology
Aug 27, 2024
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A new artificial intelligence model developed by USC researchers and published in Nature Methods can predict how different proteins may bind to DNA with accuracy across different types of protein, a technological advance ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 9, 2024
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Waterhemp is a nuisance for any crop producer, but in snap bean fields, the weed's stem segments can break off during harvest, contaminating the crop with inedible look-alike "pods." However, snap bean is harmed by many of ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 6, 2024
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A new technique developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will make it much easier for researchers to discover the traits or activities encoded by genes of unknown function in microbes, a key step ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 14, 2024
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A new study reveals significant alterations in growth, photosynthetic activity, and gene expression of freshwater algae due to cerium oxide nanoparticles. This research highlights the complex interactions between these microscopic ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 22, 2024
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In a study published in Current Biology on August 9, a research team led by Prof. Wei Fuwen from Jiangxi Agricultural University and the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed the mechanism and ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 20, 2024
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Gene Therapy Program, and Moderna, have shown that repeated administration of lipid nanoparticle-encapsulated mRNA therapy significantly extended ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 21, 2024
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Grasses cover about 40% of the Earth's land surface, thriving in a multitude of environments. The evolutionary success of this plant family, which includes rice, maize, wheat and bamboo, likely results from a history of whole-genome ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2024
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Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The risk? Contained populations ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 6, 2024
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