How bending implantable medical devices can enable infectious organisms to gain a toehold
A study from University of Toronto Engineering researchers shows that mechanical deformation of medically implantable materials — such as bending ...
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Relatives discovered: Membrane proteins of cyanobacteria and higher organisms are structurally highly similar
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Multi-drug resistant organisms can be transmitted between healthy dogs and cats and their hospitalised owners
**Note: the release below is a special early release from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID ...
Looking beyond microplastics, Oregon State researchers find that cotton and synthetic microfibers impact behavior and growth of aquatic organisms
CORVALLIS, Ore. – While microplastics have received significant attention in recent years for their negative environmental impacts, a new study ...
Soil organisms are essential for the maintenance of city parks and gardens
First global study deciphering the importance of soil biodiversity for the maintenance of city parks and gardens Credit: Melissa S. ...
Increase in marine heatwaves expected to affect organisms at bottom of food chain, study suggests
An increase in marine heatwaves due to global climate change in the coming decades will have a significant impact on ...
Calcifying organisms, under threat from a combination of ocean warming and acidification
A new study led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), with colleagues from the British Antarctic Survey, the ...
COVID-19 drugs persist in wastewater, may pose risk to aquatic organisms
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Certain drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients — including remdesivir, dexamethasone and antibiotics for associated bacterial ...
Exposed! International Space Station tests organisms, materials in space
Space may look empty, but it contains extreme temperatures, high levels of background radiation, micrometeoroids, and the unfiltered glare of ...
Dynamic building facades inspired by marine organisms could reduce heating, cooling and lighting costs
A new, low-cost ‘optofluidic’ system designed at University of Toronto Engineering could enable buildings to save energy by dynamically changing ...
By Odin’s Beard! Tubulins named after the Norse god may be the missing link between single-celled organisms and human cells
A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan may have discovered a missing link between bacterial cells and animal ...
Scientists can predict carbon transfer in the ocean based on deep-diving tiny organisms
Call them hitchhikers, the microbes that latch onto particles at the ocean’s surface have a big job. They ride along ...
All organisms produce methane
It is well known that methane, a greenhouse gas, is produced by special microorganisms, for example in the intestines of ...
Tiny tire particles inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries, studies find
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Small particles from tires inhibited the growth and caused adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater ...
New research discovers surprising activity among organisms thriving in extremely deep, hot subseafloor
Since the discovery of the deep subseafloor biosphere in the mid-1990s, scientists have studied the conditions under which organisms thrive ...
Clearer distinction needed between GMOs and genome-edited organisms
Researchers from Hokkaido University have proposed a framework to assist in the demarcation between genetically modified organisms and genome-edited organisms, ...
New £10m centre to explore links between organisms and their microbiomes
The £10m Leverhulme Centre for the Holobiont aims to create a green revolution in agriculture, rescue threatened species, and restore ...
Alien organisms – hitchhikers of the galaxy?
Scientists warn, without good biosecurity measures ‘alien organisms’ on Earth may become a reality stranger than fiction.Credit: iStock image by ...
Researchers discover the first instance of living organisms producing elemental carbon
Carbon is the building block of all known life on our planet. The carbon cycle regulates the release and absorption ...
GW wins contract to develop antidote-bearing organisms to protect against biological, chemical threats
WASHINGTON (Sept. 10, 2021) – The George Washington University has been awarded a $3.6 million contract to genetically modify commensal ...
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Schrödinger’s cat makes better qubits
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Nearly 70% of private label avocado oil rancid or mixed with other oils
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‘Revolutionary’ research discovers new cause of cancer coming from inside us
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The problems with coal ash start smaller than anyone thought
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Taurine may be a key to longer and healthier life
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Researchers find an immune system ‘trip wire’ that detects COVID-19