Ecological surveys of biodiversity provide fundamental baseline information on species occurrence and the health of an ecosystem, but can require significant labor and taxonomic expertise to conduct. However, as the cost ...
Ecology
Aug 10, 2018
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Scientists are gaining a better understanding of Pierce's disease and how it affects grapevines. The disease, which annually costs California more than $100 million, comes from a bacterium called Xylella fastidiosa. While ...
Biotechnology
Jun 8, 2018
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When a team of researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) developed a new biological identification method that exploits information encoded in proteins, they thought it could have multiple applications.
Analytical Chemistry
May 22, 2018
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There have been a number of news articles over the last week or so reporting that to avoid being matched to criminal forensic databases, criminals could edit their genomes using cheap, online kits.
Biotechnology
May 11, 2018
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Climate change has potentially had a major effect on the migration of southern right whale populations, research led by the University of St Andrews has found.
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2018
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Of the 37 trillion cells in the typical human body, the ability to distinguish one type of cell from another isn't as straightforward as you may think.
Biotechnology
Apr 9, 2018
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What do ballet and cell biology have in common? Perhaps more than you might think.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 2, 2018
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Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt have developed a concept called AGameOfClones, which allows them to distinguish whether transgenic organisms carry an inserted foreign gene on one or on both chromosomes. This facilitates ...
Biotechnology
Mar 27, 2018
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An international team of researchers studying globally declining shark populations report today that they used carbon isotopes as biochemical markers in shark muscle tissue to identify where in the oceans the mobile predators ...
Ecology
Jan 18, 2018
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Midwestern corn growers know the symptoms of northern corn leaf blight all too well: greenish-gray lesions on the leaves that can add up to major yield losses if not detected and treated early. Resistance genes have been ...
Biotechnology
Jan 11, 2018
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