How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?
Researchers home in on core microbial community of tomato, one that is robust and stableCredit: Photo courtesy of Britt Koskella lab Scientists are homing in...
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Empowering mucosal healing with an engineered probiotic
A genetically programmed living hydrogel material facilitates intestinal wound healing and could be developed as a probiotic therapy for patients with inflammatory bowel diseaseCredit: Wyss...
Genetic typing of a bacterium with biotechnological potential
Credit: Kanazawa University Pseudomonas putida is a bacterium occuring in soil, aquatic environments and plants. Although the virulence of Pseudomonas p. -- the ability of...
Improved pH probes may help towards cancer treatments
Credit: Kanazawa University "It is becoming clear that an acid extracellular pH plays an essential role in cancer cell progression, invasiveness and resistance to therapy,"...
First investigational drug therapy for liver disease NASH awaiting FDA approval
Global clinical trial designed in collaboration with VCU successfully tested a drug therapy to treat NASH, a chronic liver disease and the fastest-growing reason for...
Weight for it: Time-restricted eating benefits those at risk for diabetes, heart disease
Pilot study finds limiting food consumption to a 10-hour window each day translated into lost pounds, lower blood pressure and more stable insulin levelsCredit: UC...
Scientists at the California Academy of Sciences describe 71 new species in 2019
From geckos to goblin spiders, flowering plants, and Mediterranean ants -- spanning five continents and three oceans -- these discoveries grow Earth's tree of lifeCredit:...
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Ambali rapidly intensifying
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Tropical Cyclone Ambali and the visible image...
Janus bases among The Scientist’s Top Innovations of 2019
Invented at Carnegie Mellon, the bivalent nucleic acid recognition platform is being used to develop treatments for rare genetic diseasesCredit: Carnegie Mellon University The Scientist...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission explains Bennu’s mysterious particle events
Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin Shortly after NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by the mission's science team revealed that the...
Artificial cells act more like the real thing
Credit: Subhadip Ghosh Protocells -- artificial cells -- that are active and mimic living cells by moving independently and that are biocompatible and enzymatically active...
Developing a digital twin
University of Texas and MIT researchers create virtual UAVs that can predict vehicle health, enable autonomous decision-makingCredit: Karen Willcox, UT Austin In the not too...
Recycling nutrient-rich industrial waste products enhances soil, reduces carbon
Industrial and agricultural sustainability improved by SMB applicationCredit: Photo by D. O'Dell, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Recycling biotechnology byproducts can enhance soil health while...
As China rapidly adopts clean energy, use of traditional stoves persists
Moving towards a more sustainable energy future in poor communities will require a clearer understanding of people's motivationsCredit: Ellison Carter Old habits are hard to...
New cretaceous mammal provides evidence for separation of hearing and chewing modules
Credit: ZHAO Chuang A joint research team led by MAO Fangyuan from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of...
