News: [Entry posted at 27th September 2010 08:00 PM GMT] In a remarkable display of cooperation, specialized fungi eject spores sitting atop their fruiting bodies at high speeds in rapid succession to generate a miniature wind current that carries their progeny 20 times farther than a single spore could ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 22nd September 2010 06:00 PM GMT] Salmonella is able to out compete resident gut microbes by deriving energy from the immune response that is supposed to combat the pathogen, according to a study published this week in Nature.
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News: [Entry posted at 16th September 2010 12:04 PM GMT] In just two decades, the protein equivalent of an intron has carved out a significant niche in biotechnology -- and captured the interest of evolutionary biologists, who suspect these potentially ancient elements could provide clues to early ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 15th September 2010 06:00 PM GMT] Microorganisms living in deep sea hydrothermal vents can grow off of energy derived from one of the simplest forms of anaerobic respiration ever described, according to a study published this week in Nature.
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News: [Entry posted at 9th September 2010 02:19 PM GMT] When Robert Barbato of the E. Philip Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) heard he was being accused of plagiarizing his own work, he was a bit surprised. "I ... Click to continue
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News: [Entry posted at 2nd September 2010 05:00 PM GMT] Ants known to defend certain species of Acacia trees from elephant predation deter the massive herbivores so effectively that they are impacting entire savanna ecosystems, according to a study published online today (2nd September) in Current ... Click to continue
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