Biological Sciences
An international group of more than 30 researchers recently gave a score to every coastal nation on their contribution to the health of the world’s oceans....
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A slice of light is about to come into focus for the first time, thanks to a new X-ray detector constructed at the University of South Carolina.
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By blending optical and atomic force microscope technologies, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory researchers have found a way to complete 3-D measurements of single biological molecules with unprecedented accuracy and precision.
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JCB unveils image presentation at an unprecedented scale.
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Algae could absorb pollution emissions at the source
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It’s relatively easy to collect massive amounts of data on microbes. But the files are so large that it takes days to simply transmit them to other researchers and months to analyze once they are received....
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Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard scientists has developed a slick way to prevent the troublesome bacterial communities from ever forming on a surface.
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Method used at Stony Brook’s Proteomics Center, detailed in PLoS One, provides evidence of active infection and opens door to new ways of uncovering history’s medical mysteries.
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When one observes a colorful jellyfish pulsating through the ocean, Greek mythology probably doesn't immediately come to mind...
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New research has shown that a protein does something that scientists once thought impossible: It unfolds itself and refolds into a completely new shape.
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Evidence-based approach enhances existing prevention strategies.
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Oiled seabirds and turtles may have been the dominant images of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but new research indicates there was also massive harm to microscopic creatures in coastal sands, lasting months after beaches appeared clean.
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