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Bacteria that wear 'invisibility cloak' escape the human immune system
University of York scientists have described this as an important step in the mechanism of bacteria used to avoid our immune system.
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New technology makes butanol - a better biofuel than ethanol
The team of researchers headed by an environmental engineer at Washington University in Louis is plying with new techniques to produce a biofuel better than ethanol call…
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The evolution of sleep
The roundworm C. elegans, the main subject of research, may be the key to opening the door to one of the central biological mysteries: Why we sleep. Researchers at the U…
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Research new mosquito killing methods
Being bitten by mosquitoes always makes us feel sharp, especially when the mosquito carries malaria, yellow fever, dengue or West Nile virus. But if researchers at Arizo…
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Genetic modification, even small, has great consequences
A study by researchers at McGill University found that small differences in DNA sequences in individuals could cause a major contrast in gene synthesis of genes, leading…
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Effect of cell wall protein in fruit
Scientists at the University of California, Davis studying tomatoes discovered two plant enzymes in the cell walls of the plants that combine to make ripe tomatoes more…
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Biometric: Open the door with the eyes
Researcher Sammy Phang, Queensland University of Technology, said it was not a science fiction story when thinking about how soon our eyes could become the key to openin…
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Research on antidote for deadly cyanide poison
Scientists at the University of Minnesota are studying a drug that detoxifies cyanide. Experiments on mice have been successful and are expected to test humans within th…
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Homosexual intercourse in fruit flies
Researcher David Featherstone, of the University of Illinois at Chicago, led the team who discovered that sexual orientation in fruit flies is controlled by an unknown n…
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Moss - super food for hunger
The Physcomitrella moss still retains its primitive appearance, bearing similarities to the first plants that appeared on land about 450 million years ago. Only with a v…
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Genes play an important role in making a difference in male and female behavior
Yale University scientists have demonstrated that, not only are sex hormones characterized by the ability to make a difference in behavior between males and females, but…
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Right to create, create ... eyes for creatures
British scientists, Professor Nicholas Dale and Elizabeth Jones of the University of Warwick, England, injected an enzyme into the frog embryo. Strangely, just inject in…
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'Super mouse' runs fast, lives long ...
The research team at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, has released genetically modified mice that are able to run twice as fast as normal mice.
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Cure plant rot in potatoes with new methods
Scientists at Cambridge University had a key genetic discovery of the bacteria that caused plant rot, a potato disease that caused economic losses and this discovery cou…