Life can be so intricate and novel that even a single cell can pack a few surprises, according to a study led by Princeton University researchers.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 8, 2014
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A new Yale-led study challenges the long-held assumption that climate is the primary driver of how quickly organic matter decomposes in different regions, a key piece of information used in formulating climate models.
Environment
Jun 2, 2014
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What is the secret to aging more slowly and living longer? Not antioxidants, apparently.
Cell & Microbiology
May 8, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A young animal's genes are not the only genes that determine its fate. The genetic identity of its caretakers matters too. Researchers suspect the interaction between the two can sway the fate of the young animal, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2014
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Helsinki/Jülich/Leipzig. Scientists made an important step in order to better understand the relationships between vegetation and climate. So-called extremely low-volatility organic compounds, which are produced by plants, ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2014
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The yeast S.pombe is one of the best-studied microbes in the world. First isolated from East African millet beer over a century ago, it's been used as a model organism in molecular and cell biology for the past sixty years. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2013
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A research team centered at Brown University has compiled the largest and most stringently validated list of RNA editing sites in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, a stalwart of biological research. Their research, which ...
Biotechnology
Sep 29, 2013
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Our genetic heritage is contained—and protected—in the nucleus of the cells that compose us. Copies of the DNA exit the nucleus to be read and translated into proteins in the cell cytoplasm. The transit between the nucleus ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2013
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Pioneering new research from a team of Indiana University Bloomington biologists has shown for the first time that a protein which has been long known to be critical for the initiation of protein synthesis in all organisms ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 18, 2013
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Model organisms, brought into labs because they are easy to work with, adapt to the lab, often shedding characteristics that allowed them to survive in the wild. Scientists who work with model organisms rarely look at the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2013
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