In a first for quantum physics, University of Otago researchers have "held" individual atoms in place and observed previously unseen complex atomic interactions.
General Physics
Feb 20, 2020
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The success of life on earth is based on the amazing ability of living cells to divide themselves into two daughter cells. During such a division process, the outer cell membrane has to undergo a series of morphological transformations ...
Biotechnology
Feb 20, 2020
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A team of Cambridge scientists working on the intersection between biology and computation has found that random gene activity helps patterns form during development of a model multicellular system.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 19, 2020
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A study of puddles has shown that bacteria evolve and adapt differently depending on the make-up of the community of bacteria they live within.
Evolution
Feb 13, 2020
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Cryogenic electron microscopy, or cryo-EM, has reached the point where researchers could in principle image individual atoms in a 3-D reconstruction of a molecule—but just because they could see those details doesn't always ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 11, 2020
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Until now, complex experimental equipment was required to measure the shape of a light pulse. A team from TU Wien (Vienna), MPI Garching and LMU Munich has now made this much easier.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 27, 2020
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An organism's genome contains all of the information necessary for each of its cells and tissues to develop and function properly. Written in DNA, each individual gene encodes for something, whether it is a structural protein ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2020
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At a time when kombucha is commonplace on cafe menus and "probiotic-fortified" has become the newest health buzzword, our guts have never been more relevant. With good reason, humans have begun paying more attention to the ...
Evolution
Jan 7, 2020
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Atomic clocks are used around the world to precisely tell time. Each "tick" of the clock depends on atomic vibrations and their effects on surrounding electromagnetic fields. Standard atomic clocks in use today, based on ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 23, 2019
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Researchers led by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Center for Bioinformatics at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, have developed a cheaper and faster method to check for ...
Biotechnology
Dec 23, 2019
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