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March 7, 2017

Shadow-Loving Insect Named After Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish

Mar. 6, 2017 — Tuomas Holopainen of the band Nightwish is a full-blooded nature person. This gave a conservation biologist an idea for the name of a new species he found in Finland. Discovered in eastern Lapland ... read more

Importance of Rare Microbial Species Is Much Greater Than You Think

Mar. 3, 2017 — The rare bacterial species in a microbial community -- species that each make up rarely more than one tenth of one percent of the entire population -- play a very important role in ecosystem health ... read more

How to Solve a Problem Like Antibiotic Resistance

Mar. 3, 2017 — There has been much recent talk about how to target the rising tide of antibiotic resistance across the world, one of the biggest threats to global health today. While there is no doubting the size ... read more

Parasitic Worm Gene Regulates Behaviors Used to Track Down New Insect Hosts

Mar. 2, 2017 — Researchers have developed and demonstrated the potential of a method that could be used to study how genes influence host-sensing behaviors in a parasitic ... read more

New TB Drug Candidates Developed from Soil Bacteria

Mar. 1, 2017 — A new treatment for TB set to be developed using compounds derived from bacterium that live in soil, according to international collaboration of researchers. A new compound – created from soil ... read more

Aging Can Be Good for You (If You're a Yeast)

Mar. 1, 2017 — It’s a cheering thought for anyone heading towards their golden years. Research has shown that ageing can be beneficial – albeit so far only in ... read more

Improving the Biodiversity of Green Roofs

Mar. 1, 2017 — Using living organisms such as bacteria or fungi, as an alternative to chemical fertilizers, can improve the soil biodiversity of green roofs, according to new ... read more

More Mosquito Species Than Previously Thought May Transmit Zika

Feb. 28, 2017 — Zika virus could be transmitted by more mosquito species than those currently known, according to a new predictive model created by ... read more

Rare Proteins Collapse Earlier

Feb. 28, 2017 — Some organisms are able to survive in hot springs, while others can only live at mild temperatures because their proteins aren't able to withstand such extreme heat. Researchers investigated ... read more

Matching Up Fruit Flies, Mushroom Toxins and Human Health

Feb. 28, 2017 — Some fruit flies build up tolerance to the toxin alpha-amanitin; the genetic mechanisms behind this adaptation link to an important metabolic pathway. Scientists have now used genome-wide association ... read more

Drug Combination Defeats Dengue, Ebola in Mice, Study Finds

Feb. 27, 2017 — A combination of two cancer drugs inhibited both dengue and Ebola virus infections in mice in a study, despite the fact that these two viruses are vastly different from each ... read more

Sponge Bacterium Found to Encapsulate Arsenic Drawn from Environment

Feb. 27, 2017 — A new study sheds light on a unique biological model of arsenic detoxification. According to the new research, the Entotheonella bacterium that inhabits the Theonella swinhoei sponge is one of the ... read more

New Tool for Combating Mosquito-Borne Disease: Insect Parasite Genes

Feb. 27, 2017 — Discovery of the genes the insect parasite Wolbachia uses to control its hosts' reproduction provides a powerful new tool for enhancing biological control efforts for mosquito-borne diseases ... read more

Common Bacterium May Help Control Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes

Feb. 27, 2017 — Genes from a common bacterium can be harnessed to sterilize male insects, a tool that can potentially control populations of both disease-bearing mosquitoes and agricultural pests, researchers ... read more

More Virus Infection, Please

Feb. 24, 2017 — Scientists have generated a new plasmid-based reverse genetics system for ... read more

First Direct Measurements of Pacific Seabed Sediments Reveal Strong Methane Source

Feb. 24, 2017 — A major source of an important greenhouse gas has been discovered in the Tropical Pacific Ocean for the first ... read more

Towards More Sustainable Control of Insect and Mite Pests

Feb. 24, 2017 — Anisoplin, a new protein produced by a pathogenic fungus of insects and mites that provides new possibilities for the design of biotechnological tools to control pests, researchers have ... read more

New Algorithm Identifies Gene Transfers Between Different Bacterial Species

Feb. 24, 2017 — In a recent study combining machine learning and bioinformatics, a new computational method was developed for modelling gene transfers between different lineages of a bacterial population or even ... read more

First Systematic Study of Deadly, Antibiotic-Resistant Fungus Reported

Feb. 24, 2017 — The deadly fungus, Candida auris, which has been found in hospitals, is resistant to entire classes of antimicrobial drugs, limiting treatment options for those infected. Microbiologists have ... read more

SARS and MERS: What’s Next?

Feb. 23, 2017 — It may be difficult to remember now, but when SARS was first recognized in February 2003, people were scared. This heretofore unknown disease was killing people—nearly 10 percent of those infected ... read more
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