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Growth in the sea comes down to a struggle for iron

...nk they may know. For clues, they have looked to a discipline that is far removed from the sea. Soil contains lots of iron, but most of it stays locked up in minerals, as accessible to microorganisms as the gold in Fort Knox. Bacteria and fungi have learned to scavenge some of this iron by building a trap. They...

Molecular fossils uncover link between viruses and the immune system

...me of recent advances in structural biology, a new discipline integrating applied physics, biochemistry and biology, which have permitted detailed comparison of viral structures in atomic detail. Such comparison led to the discovery that viruses without any sequence homology may be related. Earlier approaches ...

Using computers and DNA to count bacteria

...here thousands of scientists from every imaginable discipline are gathered, the researchers form a multidisciplinary team, with Gans (biophysicist), Wolinsky (physicist) and Dunbar (microbiologist) using their varied backgrounds to solve these types of knotty questions. Their new approach enables far more accur...

Comparison of Cocaine, Methamphetamine ‘Highs?Finds Differences

...here thousands of scientists from every imaginable discipline are gathered, the researchers form a multidisciplinary team, with Gans (biophysicist), Wolinsky (physicist) and Dunbar (microbiologist) using their varied backgrounds to solve these types of knotty questions. Their new approach enables far more accur...

AACR Favors 'full spectrum of stem cell research biology'

...al fellows and early-career faculty. No scientific discipline can grow without the constant infusion of new talent and new ideas." ...

Rice bioengineers pioneer techniques for knee repair

...hat we can do this is an indication of how far the discipline of tissue engineering has progressed." Unlike cartilage, most tissues in our bodies ?including skin, blood vessels and bone ?regenerate themselves constantly. Tissue engineers try to capitalize on the body's own regenerative powers to grow replaceme...

Pleasing plant shapes explained by new computer model

...logy and computer science and how the tools of one discipline can be used to answer questions in another," said Prusinkiewicz, who specializes in computer simulations and visualizations in plant biology. " ...

What's nature worth? New computer models tell all

...ce of "ecosystem services" has bloomed. This young discipline studies how nature--through climate regulation, soil formation, crop pollination, flood protection, and so on--supports human welfare, and estimates its value in economic terms. Now, Costanza and his colleagues at UVM's Gund Institute for Ecologica...

MUHC announces a transplant first in Quebec

...articularly pleased to have specialists from every discipline with a strong interest in transplantation, allowing us to successfully offer combined organ transplants within one institution." The world's first heart transplant was conducted less than forty years ago; complex combined transplants have only been ...

Eminent inventor of DNA fingerprinting gains new recognition

... was in fact the clone of another sheep. "The new discipline of forensic molecular biology is therefore a direct outcome of Jeffreys' research, but his discoveries have also opened up other doors, for example the ability to determine whether someone is a carrier of certain pathogenic genes. Most recently, Jeff...

Noise echoes in cell communications

...s-Camden, will further advance the systems biology discipline in South Jersey. ...