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Brown-Harvard team solves mobile DNA's surgical sleight-of-hand

...on for the next step forward in understanding this fascinating process." ...

How exactly does the brain control breathing?

...y published in Nature Neuroscience). To view this fascinating exchange of views published in Experimental Physiology- Retrotrapezoid nucleus: a litmus test for the identification of central chemoreceptors Patrice G. Guyenet, Ruth L. Stornetta, Douglas A. Bayliss and Daniel K. Mulkey Exp Physiol 90.3, pg.247 H...

Venom doc tracks down snake bioweapons

... and heart disease. "There is something peculiarly fascinating in the use of a deadly toxin as a life-saving medicine," Fry says. "The natural pharmacology that exists within animal venoms is a tremendous resource waiting to be tapped." By comparing the amino acid sequence of each toxin to the amino acid sequen...

Symbiotic bacteria protect hunting wasps from fungal infestation

Researchers have discovered a fascinating symbiotic relationship between a wasp species and a newly discovered bacterial species ?a relationship that potentially sheds light on how bacteria can be successfully utilized by higher organisms in defensive mechanisms against other microbes. In th...

Basis for DNA ejection from single phage particles

...he membrane. Phage nucleic acid transport poses a fascinating biophysical problem: Transport is unidirectional and linear; it concerns a unique molecule the size of which may represent 50 times that of the bacterium. The driving force for DNA transport is still poorly defined. It was hypothesized that the inter...

New project aims to make large-scale lobster farms feasible

...esearch, along with the some of the lobster's more fascinating habits such as their tendency to crawl in huge single-file lines when crossing open areas between island coasts and reefs, will be the focus of the next Harbor Branch Ocean Science Lecture Series event, on March 9. "Spiny lobsters are one of the mos...

Roots Engage in Underground Chemical Warfare

...y so few bacterial species are pathogens remains a fascinating problem. The simple, yet elegant experimental approaches used by this team uncovered a critical aspect of the battle that occurs between plants and microbes. ...

Genpathway and Baylor College of Medicine Identify New Genes in Breast Cancer

...ore than one type of odorant receptor. And this is fascinating because each odorant is recognized by a combination of odorant receptors." Buck explained that any odorant is first "deconstructed" by the olfactory system by a combination of receptors. And the signals from those receptors are transmitted separatel...

Decoding the logic of olfaction

...ore than one type of odorant receptor. And this is fascinating because each odorant is recognized by a combination of odorant receptors." Buck explained that any odorant is first "deconstructed" by the olfactory system by a combination of receptors. And the signals from those receptors are transmitted separatel...

Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication

...rd a little bit, then freeze again. It was just so fascinating to me, and it's what got me to think maybe there's something else going on other than acoustic communication." In 1995 she was accepted to the doctoral program in ecology at UC-Davis and began working with Professor Lynette Hart, an authority on the...

Researchers unlock mechanism creating jigsaw puzzle-like plant cells

...zzle appearance. While the researchers unlocked a fascinating mechanism of biochemical crosstalk that coordinates cells into tissues, a deeper understanding of how plant cells chemically talk to each other to grow or recede in an ordered way remains unclear. ...

Revolutionary nanotechnology illuminates brain cells at work

...of glutamate removal from the synaptic cleft. It's fascinating to see a tool that we are using in plant biology open new areas in neuroscience." ...

Amino acids in nectar enhance butterfly fecundity: A long awaited link

The fascinating interactions between flowers and their pollinators have resulted in a spectacular diversity of plants. In order to entice pollinators such as bees, flies or butterflies to visit and successfully pollinate their flowers, plants have evolved intriguing...

Elephants imitate sounds as a form of social communication

...earning abilities in a similar manner, and opens a fascinating new area for research on how elephants use vocal learning." Vocal learning is important because it enables an open communication system in which animals and humans develop new signals with shared associations. Recent playback experiments conducted b...

Elephants imitate truck noises, other animals

...earning abilities in a similar manner, and opens a fascinating new area for research on how elephants use vocal learning." Vocal learning is important because it enables an open communication system in which animals and humans develop new signals with shared associations. Recent playback experiments conducted b...

New Clues Add 40,000 Years to Age of Human Species

... the NSF officer who oversaw this research. “It’s fascinating that we can now see that these two rather different individuals were living at the same time and in the same region,?he adds. The researchers also discovered the fossil-rich strata can be linked to sapropels, sediment layers found in the eastern Med...

The transparent organism: EMBLEM and Carl Zeiss give labs a unique look at life

...to the marketplace, giving laboratories everywhere fascinating new insights into living organisms. EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM), the commercial entity of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), announced today that it has signed a licensing deal with technological leader Carl Zeiss to comme...

Genome of deadly amoeba shows surprising complexity, evidence of lateral gene transfer

...tthew Berriman of Sanger said, "The results give a fascinating glimpse of how this ancient parasite evolved and highlight unusual metabolic processes that may be exploitable as drug targets." The project also identified some large families of surface proteins that may help mediate the amoeba's ability to evade ...

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