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Plants also know how to
Scientists say plants have evolved to forget the past of suffering when necessary. And this process is really impressive.
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Weapons of the world's most rotten flowers
Titan arum has been dubbed the world's most sniffling flower, because it produces chemicals that smell rotting corpses.
Biology
'New weapon' against antimicrobial from synthetic sugar
Experts from the University of Queensland (Australia) have found a group of synthetic sugars that can bind and destroy bacterial cell walls, opening up the ability to cr…
Biology
Sunscreen of plants
Plants do not get sunburn because they secrete substances that act as sunscreens, helping to protect them from harmful sun rays.
Biology
Bacteria 'lay' golden eggs
Among the most bizarre creatures in the world there is a bacterium that transforms yellow water into tiny gold ingots. Chemists always think hard about why Delftia acido…
Biology
Strange behavior of bacteria with artificial proteins
An approach to understanding the components of living organisms is to try to create them, using the principles of chemistry, engineering and genetics.
Biology
Super glue from meat-eating bacteria
Meat-eating bacteria can create a super glue used to connect molecules, according to a new study by Oxford University (UK).
Biology
Molecular signals from insect antennas
Insects have a very keen sense of smell. With extremely low odor molecules in the air, it is enough for them to be identified by neurons on the antennas.
Biology
Bacteria eat caffeine
A new bacterium called Pseudomonas putida CBB5, using caffeine as a food source was discovered in a study at the University of Iowa (USA). New bacteria use an enzyme to…
Biology
Cooperation in human genome research
In fact, for every group of more than 3,000 people, there will be at least one part of their individual genome arranged in a sequence, so learning about individual genom…
Biology
Study how the bacteria communicate
Researchers at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, have discovered a way in which bacteria can communicate with each other through nanotubes.
Biology
Found life under the wreck of the Titanic
A bacterium never seen before was discovered in the wreck of the Titanic deep in the ocean.
Biology
The role of H2O in development and evolution
Water (H2O) is a liquid that has nothing to discuss. But when studying at the molecular scale ...
Biology
Detecting mechanisms to inhibit food allergies
During the experiment, Japanese scientists discovered mechanisms to inhibit food allergies in animal bodies.
Biology
Human genome mystery
Scientists have not yet grasped the number of genes needed to make humans, but only more human genes than chicken genes but less than tiny grapes.