 Research team uses tiny wasp to wipe out major agricultural pest in Tahiti March 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A research team led by Mark Hoddle, a biological control specialist at UC Riverside, has nearly eradicated the glassy-winged sharpshooter, a major agricultural pest, from the island of Tahiti and several other ... | |
 Stem cell researchers give old muscle new pep June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Old muscle got a shot of youthful vigor in a stem cell experiment by bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, setting the path for research on new treatments for age-related degenerative conditions ... | |
Researchers unveil near-complete protein catalog for mitochondria July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Imagine trying to figure out how your car's power train works from just a few of its myriad components: It would be nearly impossible. Scientists have long faced a similar challenge in understanding cells' tiny powerhouses ... | |
Scientist Revs Up Power of Microbial Fuel Cells in Unexpected Ways May 11, 2006 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Scientists have boosted the power output of microbial fuel cells more than 10-fold by letting the bacteria congregate into a slimy matrix known as a biofilm. The research, led by microbiologist Derek Lovley of the University ... | |
Key to longer life (in flies) lies in just 14 brain cells September 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Two years ago, Brown University researchers discovered something startling: Decrease the activity of the cancer-suppressing protein p53 and you can make fruit flies live significantly longer. | |
'Hidden-Hero' Microbes In Soil, Water May Help Naturally Clean Toxic Sites January 25, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Buried under 243 acres in an East Tennessee valley adjacent to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Y-12 National Security Complex, toxic waste from weapons manufacturing at the facility between 1951 and 1983 leaches into ... | |
 Hair Untangles Woolly Mammoth Puzzle September 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Stephan C. Schuster and Webb Miller of Penn State University, working with Thomas Gilbert from Copenhagen and a large international consortium, discovered that hair shafts provide an ideal source of ancient ... | |
Scientists break cholera's lines of communication November 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A team of Princeton scientists has discovered a key mechanism in how bacteria communicate with each other, a pivotal breakthrough that could lead to treatments for cholera and other bacterial diseases. | |
 Bioengineers develop 'microscope on a chip' July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have turned science fiction into reality with their development of a super-compact high-resolution microscope, small enough to fit on a finger tip. This ... | |
 Tug of War in the Cells March 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Transport processes in the cells of our body resemble the transport of goods on the roads. Molecular motors, which are special protein molecules, act as trucks. They carry the cellular cargo on piggy-back ... | |
 Researchers 'look into' plant cells to increase ethanol yields April 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Tiny pores within plant cells may hold promise for green fuels. Researchers have discovered that particles from cornstalks undergo previously unknown structural changes when processed to produce ethanol, an ... | |
'Time-sharing' tropical birds key to evolutionary mystery November 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Whereas most birds are sole proprietors of their nests, some tropical species “time share” together – a discovery that helps clear up a 150-year-old evolutionary mystery, says Queen’s University Biology professor Vicki Friesen. | |
Ant guts could pave the way for better drugs March 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists have discovered two key proteins that guide one of the two groups of pathogenic bacteria to make their hardy outer shells -- their defense against the world. | |
Stressed seaweed contributes to cloudy coastal skies, study suggests May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have helped to identify that the presence of large amounts of seaweed in coastal areas can influence the climate. | |
Study identifies cells for spinal-cord repair July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has pinpointed stem cells within the spinal cord that, if persuaded to differentiate into more healing cells and fewer scarring cells following ... | |
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