Biology
A team of University of Arizona researchers is looking at ways to grow strawberries hydroponically in a greenhouse.
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PhD candidate Christina Turi examines medicinal potential of BC’s native plants.
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Analysis by Rutgers researchers confirms an Asian species that can survive in cold and snow.
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Arizona State University scientists have developed a microfluidic chip, which can sort good germs from bad.
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Study of botanic sentience gains notice from top science writers.
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Clay – a seemingly infertile blend of minerals – might have been the birthplace of life on Earth.
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Kristala Jones Prather engineers cells to produce useful compounds such as drugs and biofuels.
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A new study that decoded the DNA sequence of the kiwifruit has concluded that the fruit has many genetic similarities between its 39,040 genes and other plant species, including potatoes and tomatoes.
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Just as our bodies have skeletons, so do our cells. They’re equally indispensable in both cases. Without our bony skeletons we’d go limp and fall down. And without our cytoskeletons, our cells, which come in roughly 200 different shapes and sizes, would all become tiny spheres and stop working.
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Errors in the human genetic code that arise from mismatched nucleotide base pairs in the DNA double helix can lead to cancer and other disorders. In microbes, such errors provide the basis for adaption to environmental stress.
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For more than half a century scientists have looked on the DNA molecule as life's blueprint. Now biological engineers are beginning to see the molecule not as a static plan, but more like a snippet of life's computer code that they can program.
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Concerned about the effect of stress on your health and well-being? If your answer is “yes,” then Arizona State University professor Doug Granger is doing research that could impact you. Granger is pioneering the field of interdisciplinary salivary bioscience using spit.
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