Facing starvation and stress conditions, some bacteria enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Shutting down into a deep dormancy allows these cells, called spores, to withstand punishing extremes of heat, pressure ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 6, 2022
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Last year the brightest flash of light ever seen in the night sky disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere in a way that has never before detected before, researchers said on Tuesday.
Astronomy
Nov 14, 2023
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The key protein complex PRC2 was discovered decades ago to silence genes, but new findings by Frederic Berger and his group at the Gregor Mendel Institute show that PRC2 represses transposons in a range of eukaryotes and ...
Evolution
Sep 21, 2023
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An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.
Planetary Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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A new study has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the superbug MRSA—methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus—has emerged in livestock in the last 50 years, probably due to widespread antibiotic use ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2022
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The majority of commercial chemicals that enter the market in the United States every year have insufficient health and safety data. For pesticides, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency uses a variety of techniques to ...
Ecology
Mar 30, 2022
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Yellow warblers are hosts to brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, which rely on other species to raise their offspring. Warblers use referential "seet" calls to warn female warblers specifically of the brood parasitic brown-headed ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2021
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Songbirds in tropical rainforests curtail their reproduction to help them survive droughts, according to a study Monday.
Ecology
Aug 24, 2020
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Traditional fluorescent dyes to examine bacteria viability are toxic and suffer poor photostability—but using the VFD has enabled the preparation of a new generation of aggregation-induced emission dye (AIE) luminogens ...
Biochemistry
Jun 23, 2020
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Since March 2017, ESA's NELIOTA project has been regularly looking out for 'lunar flashes' on the moon, to help us better understand the threat posed by small asteroid impacts. The project detects the flash of light produced ...
Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2020
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