(Phys.org) -- Synthetic biology is playing a key role in creating new tools for rapid detection of potentially fatal bacterial infections such as E. coli and allowing scientists to create novel molecules that may provide ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 26, 2012
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Crop plants have always been adapted to the needs of man by breeding for them to carry more fruit, survive droughts, or resist pests. Green biotechnology now adds new tools to the classical breeding methods for a more rapid ...
Biotechnology
Apr 24, 2012
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Indiana University's Filippo Menczer has shown how to "out" political astroturfers through his complex networks laboratory's study of information diffusion on Twitter. The research team went on to learn that while retweet ...
Internet
Feb 19, 2012
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Facebook on Tuesday announced it is rolling out improvements aimed at letting users be more selective about who gets to see what they post at the world's largest online social network.
Internet
Aug 23, 2011
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Climate change is affecting the types of plant varieties we can cultivate, as well as how and where we can do so. A new collection of articles in the journal PLOS Biology explores the twin challenges of engineering plants ...
Biotechnology
Jul 20, 2023
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In 1921, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Christian Lous Lange stated: "Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master."
Social Sciences
May 31, 2023
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Plastic Free July has rolled around again and we'll all be hearing about reducing plastic use in our daily lives. Much of the messaging is targeted toward young people through school and youth-focused messaging. As a science ...
Environment
Jul 5, 2022
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Oil and natural gas fields in Russia, Turkmenistan and Texas are the most climate-damaging on Earth, according to a first-of-its kind analysis that looks at greenhouse-gas emissions across entire supply chains and finds they ...
Environment
Jun 24, 2022
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The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has issued a new report, Microbes and Climate Change: Science, People, & Impacts, examining the relationship between microbes and climate change. As major drivers of elemental cycles ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2022
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CABI has today launched a new product—the Crop App Index—aimed at paving the way for a smoother route to existing agricultural decision support tools to help navigate issues related to plant health.
Biotechnology
Feb 15, 2022
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