An anti-CRISPR for gene editing
Credit: Pawluk et al./Cell 2016 Researchers have discovered a way to program cells to inhibit CRISPR-Cas9 activity. "Anti-CRISPR" proteins had previously been isolated from viruses...
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Valuable Caribbean spiny lobsters get their food from an unexpected source
Credit: William Pinder In the typical food web that most of us learned in school, the sun is the ultimate source of energy. Plants use...
Soil pHertility
For some time now, scientists have known that climate influences soil chemistry -- and, in particular, soil pH, a measure of acidity or alkalinity. In...
How miniature predators get their favorite soil bacteria
Credit: iTZiT Visual Techonology/NIOO-KNAW Tiny predators in the soil can literally sniff out their prey: soil bacteria, which communicate with each other using scent. A...
Chemical trickery corrals ‘hyperactive’ metal-oxide cluster
CORVALLIS, Ore. - After decades of eluding researchers because of chemical instability, key metal-oxide clusters have been isolated in water, a significant advance for growing...
Researchers peer into atom-sized tunnels in hunt for better battery
Credit: Reza Shahbazian-Yassar/UIC Battery researchers seeking improved electrode materials have focused on "tunneled" structures that make it easier for charge-carrying ions to move in and...
Blood-borne HPV antibodies indicate head, neck cancer prognosis
Credit: National Cancer Institute PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- People with head and neck cancers with evidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection generally have a better prognosis...
Study shows new treatment strategy in head & neck cancer not better than current standard
(TORONTO, Canada - Dec. 8, 2016) - Results of the largest Canadian clinical trial to date comparing standard treatment for locally advanced squamous cell head...
Scientists reveal ‘safety catch’ within all dividing cells
Researchers have made a major discovery about how cells control when to divide - representing a step forward in scientists' understanding of one of the...
Prostate cancer patients more likely to die of other diseases, say 15-year PLCO results
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Starting in 1993 and ending in 2001, ten academic medical centers in the United States screened 76,685 men and...
Unraveling the secrets of cluster crystallization
Credit: ICIQ A team of researchers at ICIQ in Tarragona (Spain) and Oregon State University (US) combine experimental and computational strategies to understand the secrets...
Why cryptophyte algae are really good at harvesting light
Credit: Desmond Toa In an algae-eat-algae world, it's the single-celled photosynthetic organisms at the top (layer of the ocean) that absorb the most sunlight. Underneath,...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Vardah spinning near Andaman Islands
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team As NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Bay of Bengal, Tropical Cyclone 05B was renamed Vardah and...
What to do with the data?
Credit: Illustration by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Corinne Mucha Rapid advances in computing constantly translate into new technologies in our everyday lives. The same is...
Who needs a body? Not these larvae, which are basically swimming heads
Credit: Image credit: Paul Gonzalez, Hopkins Marine Station Graduate student Paul Gonzalez at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station recently became a hunter, breeder and farmer...
