A new computational method for working out in advance whether a chemical will be toxic…
Month: July 2013
Irish potato famine-causing pathogen even more virulent now
The plant pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s lives on today…
Southern California crustacean sand-dwellers suffering localized extinctions
Two types of small beach critters — both cousins of the beloved, backyard roly-poly —…
This fungus cell only looks like the 405 freeway
Mathematicians have created a video of a live fungus, with many millions of nuclei in…
Long-distance relationships can form stronger bonds than face-to-face ones
The long-distance relationship has plagued college students and people relocated for work for ages. These…
Why crop rotation works: Change in crop species causes shift in soil microbes
Shift in soil microbes triggers cycle to improve yield, plant nutrition and disease resistance. New…
Social media, DNA typing help identify source of foodborne strep outbreak
Facebook posts helped alert public health officials to a strep throat outbreak among a high…
New approach to treat the most common heart valve disease in Western countries
Scientists have developed a new approach to treat aortic valve stenosis through the administration of…
Ice age figurine’s head found: Archaeologists put new and old finds together to reassemble ancient work of art
Researchers have successfully re-attached the newly discovered head of a prehistoric mammoth-ivory figurine discovered in…
New methods to visualize bacterial cell-to-cell communication
Researchers have developed a live-cell fluorescent labeling that makes bacterial cell-to-cell communication pathways visible. The…