How does unicellular life transition to multicellular life? The research team of Professor Lutz Becks at the Limnological Institute of the University of Konstanz has taken a major step forward in explaining this very complex ...
Evolution
Jul 9, 2021
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Across-kingdom partnership between bacteria and fungi can result in the two joining to form a "superorganism" with unusual strength and resilience. It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but these microbial groupings ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 5, 2022
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Japanese researchers have developed a targeted method for opening up cell membranes in order to deliver drugs to, or manipulate the genes of, individual cells.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 1, 2015
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A recent study says that a particular mathematical technique could be used to detect forests on extrasolar planets.
Astronomy
May 20, 2011
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Police investigating the murders of four University of Idaho students have said they used DNA to link evidence found at the crime scene to their suspect, 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger.
Other
Jan 9, 2023
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A team of researchers has discovered that tiny clusters of single-celled organisms that inhabit the world's oceans and lakes, are capable of navigating their way to oxygen. Writing in e-Life scientists at the University ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 2, 2016
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The climate is getting warmer, and sea levels are rising – a threat to island nations. As a group of researchers lead by colleagues from the University of Bonn found out, at the same time, tiny single-cell organisms are ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2013
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Although the Human Genome Project announced the completed sequencing of 20,000 human genes more than 20 years ago, scientists are still working to grasp how fully formed beings emerge from basic genetic instructions.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 23, 2024
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Some algae have been hanging together rather than going it alone much longer than previously thought, according to new research.
Feb 19, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With products that range from carpets to kites, you’d think Rice University chemist Bob Hauge was running a department store. What he's really running is a revolution in the world of carbon nanotechnology.
Nanomaterials
Jul 29, 2009
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