Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
...evealed by the genomic work. The research provided direct genetic confirmation of a hypothesis that diatoms evolved when a heterotroph, a single-cell microbe, engulfed what scientists say was likely a kind of red alga. The two became one organism, an arrangement called endosymbiosis, and swapped some geneti...New therapy for specific form of leukemia
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... associate investigator. "Visualization gives us a direct connection to cellular processes that we could only study in test tubes or indirectly before." In a paper published online this week in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Kerppola and Deyu Fang, M.D., Ph.D., ...Taking the next step toward growing our own fuel
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...in informatics and infectious disease. Advani will direct a collaboration between Children's, the NASA Ames Research Center in California, and public health departments in Massachusetts and Georgia to develop an automated call center for conducting large-scale epidemiologic investigations during an outbreak...Electronics recycling made easy
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...channel for the molecule to pass through. "A more direct way to measure the mechanical sensitivity of the cell is to measure the electrical response that it gives when you stimulate the cell," Corey said. By putting a microelectrode on the mouse hair cells, the scientists could directly measure the amount ...Australian expertise helps resurrect Iraq's ancient marshlands
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