In recent years, Purdue University's Katy Rainey and Keith Cherkauer have worked to predict soybean biomass from drone imagery in Indiana.
Biotechnology
Jun 20, 2023
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Population-level changes in the genetic make-up of one of the world's deadliest animals could provide a key in the fight against malaria, proponents of a radical new technology argue.
Ecology
Jun 8, 2023
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Advances in genetic engineering have given rise to an era of foods—including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene-edited foods—that promise to revolutionize the way we eat.
Agriculture
May 8, 2023
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Human lifespan is related to the aging of our individual cells. Three years ago a group of University of California San Diego researchers deciphered essential mechanisms behind the aging process. After identifying two distinct ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 27, 2023
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A Burnet Institute-led collaboration has used genome sequencing and genetic engineering to explain how a specially selected drug molecule or compound can prevent the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum from invading red ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2023
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One of the most widely used plastics in the world is polyethylene terephthalate, or PET for short. It is everywhere in our daily lives in the form of reusable PET drink bottles. At the end of the lifecycle of a product containing ...
Biochemistry
Apr 12, 2023
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Abscisic acid (ABA) is a plant hormone with essential functions in plant physiology. It is involved in developmental and growth processes and the adaptive stress response. Thus, the plant adaptation to stress situations caused ...
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2023
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have confirmed that bacteria-killing viruses called bacteriophages deploy a sneaky tactic when targeting their hosts: They use a standard genetic code ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 16, 2023
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In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria to be immune to natural viral infections while also minimizing the potential for the bacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 15, 2023
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In a bid to understand why mosquitoes may be more attracted to one human than another, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have mapped specialized receptors on the insects' nerve cells that are able to fine-tune their ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 21, 2023
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