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Microbes can influence host evolution

September 12, 2013
News
Contrary to current understanding, a new study has provided direct evidence that an individual’s microbiome can contribute to the origin of new species by reducing the viability of hybrids produced...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Microbiology
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Neutron studies reveal HIV drug mechanism weaker than assumed

September 11, 2013
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Neutron studies of an HIV enzyme and its inhibitor have revealed new areas for improvement in drug design to enhance performance, combat resistance and reduce dosage of antiretroviral treatments.An international...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Immunology
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Bacteria-coated seeds enable crops to fix nitrogen

September 10, 2013
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Technology developed at the University of Nottingham could enable all the world’s crops to take nitrogen from the air, rather than from expensive fertilisers.Nitrogen fixation (converting nitrogen to ammonia) is...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Botany
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Seeing depth through a single lens

September 9, 2013
News
Microscopists may soon be able to create a 3D image through a single lens, without moving the camera, thanks to researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Evolutionary grains of sand

September 6, 2013
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Evolutionary ecologists are using “grains of sand” to understand more about evolutionary processes.Dr Thomas Ezard from the University of Southampton is studying the fossils of microscopic aquatic creatures called planktonic...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Marine Biology, Paleobiology
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Henrietta Lacks’ family win recognition for immortal cell line

September 4, 2013
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The family of Henrietta Lacks, a woman whose tumour cells revolutionised modern medicine, have been granted a say in how the cells are used, sixty years after her death. The...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Dengue disease findings could influence anti-viral drugs

August 15, 2013
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A new study into Dengue, an insect-borne tropical disease that infects up to 390 million worldwide could influence the development of anti-viral drugs that are effective against all four types...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Virology
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Mouse heart beats again with human stem cells

August 15, 2013
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A decellularised mouse heart was able to contract and beat again when it was rebuilt with human stem cells.The research, reported in Nature Communications, suggests regenerating a functional organ by...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology
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Robotic frog improves boring mating call

August 12, 2013
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A robotic frog has aided researchers to discover that manipulated mating calls can be very attractive to female túngara frogs. Micheal Ryan and Ryan Taylor conducted the research, published in...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Zoology
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Electrically charged insects perfect prey for spiders

August 9, 2013
News
Spider webs take advantage of an electrical charge built up by flying insects to snare their prey suggests a researcher at University of California, Berkeley.Inspired by his four year old...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Zoology
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