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Cryogenic electron microscopy freeze-frames SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

July 22, 2020
News
The rod-like spike proteins on the surface of SARS CoV-2 are the tip of the spear of the COVID-19 pandemic. The spikes bind to human cells via the ACE2 receptor...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Cytology, Developmental Biology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health
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The truth about turtles

July 19, 2020
Feature
A research team from Florida State University (FSU) has discovered a world of microscopic life on the back of loggerhead turtles which might explain the geographic spread of aquatic meiofauna....
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, In Depth, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Parasitology
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Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought

July 16, 2020
News
Massive blocks of genes--inherited together 'plug and play' style--may play a larger role in evolutionary adaption than previously thought, according to new research in Nature. Biologists identified 37 of these...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics
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Serving virtual reality Raspberry Pi to flies

July 15, 2020
News
The Raspberry Pi Virtual Reality system (PiVR) is a versatile tool for presenting virtual reality environments to small, freely moving animals (such as flies and fish larvae), according to a...
Life Sciences
Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Developmental Biology, Zoology
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Improving animal research: New ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines released

July 15, 2020
Insight
A previous version of the ARRIVE guidelines for the rigorous reporting of animal studies was published in 2010 by the UK-based science organisation, the NC3Rs. Now, ten years later, new...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Policy
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New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA

July 14, 2020
News
The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and key biological functions, and the ability to precisely alter this DNA would allow scientists to...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

July 13, 2020
News
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
News
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
News
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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Extinct Oligocene dolphins were apex predators

July 9, 2020
News
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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