Scientists often try to understand important processes in the cell by interfering and observing what happens. But often the cell just dies.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2018
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When the skies above Palo Alto darkened with smoke from the Camp Fire in 2018, Stanford researcher Hayoon Chung was in a fluid mechanics lab on campus studying how ocean currents flowed over patches of seagrass. She wondered ...
General Physics
Jun 27, 2023
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A piece of work by the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre on how to turn a basic electronics lab into a low-cost, complete telecommunications lab has received the best paper award in the category of "Innovative Materials, ...
Engineering
May 14, 2015
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Have you ever wondered why so many people end up with impacted wisdom teeth, which cause discomfort, pain and infection, and often require expensive surgical removal? A University of Saskatchewan (USask) graduate student ...
Evolution
Oct 5, 2022
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Scientists have found a surprising effect of some antibiotics on certain bacteria—that the drugs can sometimes benefit bacteria, helping them live longer.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 25, 2023
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Mediterranean fruit flies, an agricultural pest, have been modified in a lab experiment so more males are born than females, reducing their numbers.
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2021
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Diseases often pile on, coinfecting people, animals and other organisms that are already fighting an infection. In one of the first studies of its kind, bioscientists from Rice University and the University of Michigan have ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 5, 2020
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When interviewing a job candidate, people often have certain preferences that are not just based on a rational evaluation of the person's skills, but also on gut feelings. These feelings can be fed by our biases that develop ...
Social Sciences
May 23, 2023
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Is your boss always a jerk? You still may be better off than those workers whose supervisor is courteous one moment and rude the next.
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2016
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The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines—akin to COVID-19 shots—that are being tested in both animals and people.
Agriculture
May 31, 2024
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