Viruses Survive in Soil Rain or Shine
Viral abundance in soil can range from below detection limits in hot deserts to over 1 billion per gram in wetlands. Although water availability and…
Biology
A New Anti-antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Weapon
Antibiotics are antibiotics that are used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria adapt to the use of these medications. Antibiotic…
Ancient DNA Research Provides Information About South America’s Early Settlers
The Americas were the final continent to see human habitation. An expanding corpus of archaeological and genetic data suggests a complicated process of colonisation. This…
Understanding the Structure of the Influenza Virus
A team of scientists at University of Oxford have worked with multiple techniques at Diamond Light Source, to solve the structure of the influenza replication…
Nanosensors Monitor and Study Cancer by Targeting Enzymes
Novel diagnostic tools that capture molecular activity at a disease site in vivo are required with the advent of personalized medicine to better understand an…
How Mitochondrial DNA Enters our Genomes
Scientists discovered that in one out of every 4,000 births, some of the genetic code from our mitochondria – the “batteries” that power our cells…
Disclosing the Genome of all Mammals’ Common Ancestor
An ancestral species is a common ancestor if it is shared as an ancestor by two or more descendant species. When we say a trait…
Mammal-lice Coevolution
Louse, any of two groups of small wingless parasitic insects: the Amblycera and Ischnocera, or chewing or biting lice, which are parasites of both birds…
The Origins of Lizards are shown by a New Scottish Fossil
The most complete Jurassic fossil lizard ever discovered was discovered in Scotland. The new Bellairsia gracilis specimen is helping to reveal what lizard and snake…
Understanding the Extraordinary Role of Nanopores
A nanopore is a pore with a diameter of one nanometer. It could be formed by a pore-forming protein or as a hole in synthetic…
Identifying the Evolutionary Flaws in the Human Genome
Mutations can be both beneficial and detrimental. They can sometimes aid an organism’s adaptation and survival. Sometimes they are so toxic that an organism is…
A Key Regulator of Cell Growth has been Identified
The cell cycle, also known as the cell-division cycle, is the sequence of events that occurs in a cell that causes it to divide into…
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