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Finding the perfect match: New approach to battle drug-resistant bacteria
Antibiotics were the wonder drug of the 20th century, but bacteria evolved resistance. According to…
How phytoplankton rule the oceans
Photosynthesis is a unique biological process that has permitted the colonization of land and sea…
Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds
Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source….
Bacterial superantigens turn our immune cells to the dark side
A subpopulation of immune cells that normally fend off pathogens can turn against the host…
Mathematical biology tackles destructive plant virus
Plant diseases pose a serious threat to global food security, especially in developing countries, where…
Computer scientists repurpose laparoscopy video for medical training
A new system has been developed that can efficiently search through hundreds of hours of…
Star’s birth may have triggered another star birth, astronomers say
Radio images give new evidence that a jet of material from one young star may…
Thousands of genes influence most diseases, researchers report
In a provocative new perspective piece, researchers say that disease genes are spread uniformly across…
Ten near-Earth size planets in habitable zone of their star
NASA’s Kepler space telescope team has released a mission catalog of planet candidates that introduces…