Faster development of the promising field of cellulosic biofuels - the renewable energy produced from grasses and trees - is being significantly hampered by a "deep and thorny regulatory thicket" that makes almost impossible ...
Biotechnology
Oct 1, 2010
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Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2009
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While the best antibiotics can wipe out most of the bacteria that cause notoriously difficult urinary tract infections, a few "sleeper cells" often remain. These "persisters," as they are called, survive by going dormant, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2015
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Cowpea, a protein-rich legume crop, is immensely important in many parts of the world, particularly drought-prone regions of Africa and Asia, where it plays a central role in the diet and economy of hundreds of millions of ...
Biotechnology
Oct 13, 2009
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Scientists plan to put two and two together in a study that will likely yield improved U.S. corn quality and yields.
Biotechnology
Jan 4, 2010
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A recent analysis led by ecologist Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that climate change predicted for the United States will boost demand for imported drought- and heat-tolerant landscaping ...
Ecology
Jan 4, 2012
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Scientists have decoded the genome of the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) , one of the most abundant turtles on Earth, finding clues to their longevity and ability to survive without oxygen during long winters ...
Biotechnology
Mar 27, 2013
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The first screening by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists of the American ancestors of soybeans for tolerance to ozone and other stresses had an eye-opening result: The world superstars of stress resistance ...
Biotechnology
Jul 29, 2011
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Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a computational model of 1,366 genes in E. coli that includes 3D protein structures and has enabled them to compute the temperature sensitivity of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2013
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A growing number of pathogens are developing resistance to one or more antibiotics, threatening our ability to treat infectious diseases. According to a study published June 20th in Biophysical Journal, a simple new method ...
Biochemistry
Jun 20, 2017
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