An analysis of thousands of water and oil wells in the Houston metro area has uncovered significant rates of subsidence, or gradual sinking of the ground, in some of the region's fast-growing suburbs that have not been previously ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2022
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The complexity of life on Earth was derived from simplicity: From the first protocells to the growth of any organism, individual cells aggregate into basic clumps and then form more complex structures. The earliest cells ...
Biochemistry
Oct 5, 2022
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Pectin is a complex cell wall polysaccharide. It plays an important role in modulating cell adhesion, cell morphogenesis and growth.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2022
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The morning news reports a rise in coronavirus infections in your area. Taking in this information, you decide to skip your daily coffee run or put off your grocery trip for another week. Although many of us have probably ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 10, 2021
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At any given moment in the human body, in about 30 trillion cells, DNA is being "read" into molecules of messenger RNA, the intermediary step between DNA and proteins, in a process called transcription.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2020
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For all the attention the human microbiome has been getting over the last few years, one aspect of such research rarely makes headlines: the difficulty of observing how it changes over time in response to various stimuli. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 11, 2019
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The enzyme-nitrogenase-can be traced back to the universal common ancestor of all cells more than four billion years ago.
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2019
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Blockchain technology has been considered as the most revolutionizing invention since the internet. Due to its immutable nature and the associated security and privacy benefits, it has attracted the attention of banks, governments, ...
Computer Sciences
May 15, 2019
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Stereotypes suggest that women love to talk, with some studies even finding that women say three times as much as men. But, new research from a team from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, shows there is an exception ...
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2017
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Negative feedback is a universal control mechanism that lets a system's output throttle its input. If an engine revs up, negative feedback tapers its power source. But if the engine slows down, it re-opens the power source, ...
General Physics
Jun 22, 2016
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