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New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

July 13, 2020
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Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms - often incorrectly called "blue-green algae" - as they often occur in waters....
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Genetics, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Algae as living biocatalysts for a green industry

July 13, 2020
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Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an environmentally friendly manner through photosynthesis.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Environmental
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Dinosaurs may have evolved from a ‘tiny bug slayer’

July 10, 2020
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New study suggests a miniaturised origin for some of the largest animals ever to live on Earth. Dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs may be known for their remarkable size, but a...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Life Sciences, Paleobiology
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Kirke teleports from Westeros

July 10, 2020
News
Teleportation is most commonly the stuff of science fiction and, for many, would conjure up the immortal phrase; “Beam me up Scotty". However, a new study has described how its...
Physics & Engineering
Computer Science, Physics, Quantum Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Extinct Oligocene dolphins were apex predators

July 9, 2020
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A report in the journal Current Biology, offers a detailed description of the first nearly complete skeleton of an extinct large dolphin, discovered in what is now South Carolina. The...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Oceanography, Paleobiology
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How the sparrow changed its tune

July 9, 2020
News
Most bird species are slow to change their tune, preferring to stick with tried-and-true songs to defend territories and attract females. Now, with the help of citizen scientists, researchers have...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Zoology
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Your dog may be older than you think

July 8, 2020
News
If there's one myth that has persisted through the years without much evidence, it's this: multiply your dog's age by seven to calculate how old they are in ‘human years’....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Genetics
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Fighting E. coli with E. coli

July 7, 2020
News
According to findings from a new gut-in-a-dish study published in mBio, Nissle, a strain of Escherichia coli, is harmless to intestinal tissue and may protect the gut from enterohemorrhagic E....
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical
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How we encode smell

July 6, 2020
News
Neuroscientists describe for the first time how relationships between different odours are encoded in the brain. The findings suggest a mechanism that may explain why individuals have common but highly...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience
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Monitoring COVID-19 plasma viscosity

July 3, 2020
News
A clinical viscosity diagnostic instrument is proving to be valuable in the research and treatment of coronavirus after laboratory scientists have identified its ability to provide meaningful data for medical...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Covid-19, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology
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Instant diagnostic photonics scan for bladder cancer (BLC)

July 2, 2020
News
Thousands of lives lost to bladder cancers each year could be saved thanks to a new scanner that uses photonics to illuminate parts of the tissue that are currently impossible...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Particle Physics, Physics
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New method reveals how Parkinson’s protein damages cell membranes

July 2, 2020
News
In sufferers of Parkinson's disease, clumps of α-synuclein (alpha-synuclein), sometimes known as the ‘Parkinson’s protein’, are found in the brain. These destroy cell membranes, eventually resulting in cell death. Now,...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Cell Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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