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Results 1 - 20 of 35,699 in Biology

  1. How Bacteria Grow Their Surface PiliRead the original story

    17 min ago | Medgadget

    ... y can be placed into the cryo-EM map of the whole assembly, yielding a comprehensive understanding of the underlying biology," he explained. Full story: Molecular 'Snapshots' Capture Infectious Pili Formation...

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    Related Topix: Department of Energy, Medicine, Urinary Tract Infections, Health, E. Coli

  2. A million little computers focus on stronger riceRead the original story

    34 min ago | IBM News

    A million little computers focus on stronger rice The University of Washington and IBM's World Community Grid will study rice at the atomic level then combine that knowledge with traditional cross breeding ...

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    Related Topix: IBM, Computers, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Agriculture

  3. Invisible Hitchhikers Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Southeast Missourian

    Shopping carts make your trip to the store a lot easier, but it turns out if you use one you could be taking home more than what you paid for.

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    Related Topix: Cape Girardeau, MO

  4. U of M discovers the starting point of sun-induced skin cancerRead the original story

    1 hr ago | KARE-TV Minneapolis

    ... does ultraviolet light induce skin cancer?'" said lead researcher Zigang Dong, a professor of cellular and molecular biology and director of the university's Hormel Institute, which supported the study. "The idea is to find an agent that can prevent ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Skin Cancer, Medicine, Health

  5. IBM's Worldwide Community Grid To Work On Global Hunger CrisisRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Imaging Magazine

    ... of other crops like corn, wheat, and barley. "The world is experiencing three simultaneous revolutions: in molecular biology and genetics; in computational power and storage capacity; and in communications," International Rice Research Institute ...

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    Related Topix: Science, IBM, Agriculture, Computers

  6. Starting Point Of Sun-induced Skin Cancer Discovered: Molecular...

    1 hr ago | Science Daily

    ... does ultraviolet light induce skin cancer?'" said lead researcher Zigang Dong, a professor of cellular and molecular biology and director of the university's Hormel Institute, which supported the study. "The idea is to find an agent that can prevent ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Skin Cancer, Medicine, Health

  7. Why I do science. [The World's Fair]Read the original story

    1 hr ago | ScienceBlogs

    David Ng is Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University of British Columbia - this is a just a fancier way of calling himself a science teacher.

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    Related Topix: Science

  8. UofL study pinpoints tobacco's effect on immune systemRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WAVE-TV Louisville

    ... interventions." Life-save therapies, thanks to the smoke clearing research at UofL. The study was published in Cell Biology . The next step is to determine how or why nicotine is able to do this in the body. Then they can work on ways to treat or ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Smoking, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication

  9. York College grads: One took 19 years; the other had to help the president firstRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | York Dispatch

    ... Dallastown Area High School in 2000. Pope, 26, will graduate from York College with a bachelor of science degree in biology. It culminates four years of classwork highlighted by his research alongside associate professor Jeffrey Thompson. The pair ...

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    Related Topix: Stewartstown, PA, George Bush, York, PA, York Metro

  10. Seattle papers, etc: A stickleback's evolution bobs, weaves,...Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | Knight Science Journalism Tracker

    ... in action cropped up this week, mainly in the two Seattle newspapers. The news is that in the journal Current Biology researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (clearly a place with more than applied cancer research) report the ...

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  11. Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet Helps Summer Travelers Beat Jet LagRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | PR Newswire

    As the summer travel season begins, many vacation and business travelers will beat jet lag with the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.

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    Related Topix: Department of Energy, Science

  12. More...Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | BioSpace

    ... all major areas of biological discovery including functional genomics, proteomics, stem cells, cell therapy and cell biology -- placing Invitrogen's products in nearly every major laboratory in the world. Founded in 1987, Invitrogen is headquartered ...

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    Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Invitrogen, Healthcare Industry

  13. Hatfield has the Union County line, but not the recognition in the 7thRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | PoliticsNJ

    Ideologically P. Kelly Hatfield isn't much different from her two most high profile opponents in the 7th Congressional District's Republican primary.

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    Related Topix: Abortion, US News

  14. Disabling Mouse Enzyme Increases FertilityRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Newswise

    ... like it," says the group's leader, Jacques Baenziger, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology and immunology and of cell biology and physiology. The report appeared recently in The Journal of Clinical Investigation . Sugars are the most common addition ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Cell Biology

  15. Probing Protein-Membrane Interaction by Single Plasmonic NanoparticlesRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Medgadget

    Filed under: Diagnostics , Genetics , Nanomedicine Michael Berger over at Nanowerk has filed a report about a novel nanoscale sensor platform developed by investigators at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, ...

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    Related Topix: Science

  16. Compound Could Help Reset Body ClockRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | RedOrbit

    ... disorders. Dr. Michael Hastings and his colleagues at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology studied the action of cAMP in lab mice that had their clocks set to a 20-hour day. They were able to reset the clock to 24 hours by ...

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    Related Topix: Science

  17. Computer downtime could solve world hungerRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Inquirer

    ... from nearly one million individual PCs. "The world is experiencing three simultaneous revolutions: in molecular biology and genetics; in computational power and storage capacity; and in communications. The computational revolution allows scientists ...

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    Related Topix: Computers, Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, Science

  18. Cousin marriage: Is it a health risk?Read the original story

    4 hrs ago | BBC

    Some want better genetic screening for children of first-cousin marriages The contentious issue of first-cousin marriage is set to hit the headlines with a heated debate over their impact on genetic disorders ...

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    Related Topix: Australia, Western Australia, Australia, Perth, Australia, World News, Genetics, Science

  19. Stressed seaweed contributes to cloudy coastal skiesRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | SCUBA News...

    ... ' with contributions from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the USA - ' comes almost 200 years after the discovery of iodine as a novel element - ' in kelp ashes. ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

  20. Simple model cell is key to understanding cell complexityRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | Penn State Live

    Simple model cell is key to understanding cell complexity A team of Penn State researchers has developed a simple artificial cell with which to investigate the organization and function of two of the most basic ...

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    Related Topix: Chemistry, Science