Despite what you may think, biologists have a favorite worm and when they found out it got sick, they were thrilled, thinking of all the clues it can give them about human infections.The worm in question is the nematode C. elegans, a millimeter-long worm that has been used for decades to study many aspects of biology... |
26 January 2011
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There are few ideas in the world that had groundbreaking implications on the way we understand science. The microscope, the telescope and some theories are examples of this, but now researchers are proposing a new approach to looking at life itself, and at how it developed. One of the major realizations that we had w... |
22 November 2010
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A team of faculty members and undergraduate students from two universities in the United States has recently demonstrated clearly that computing within living bacterial cells is a distinct possibility, and, moreover, has managed to prove the concept in real-life. The “bacterial computers” showed the remar... |
24 July 2009
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Despite the fact that oil is the “engine” of modern economy, few people know how it's made, deep down inside the ground, under intense pressure. Not even scientists are exactly sure what materials existed deep in the crust before oil started forming, although some agree that tiny microorganisms that ... |
17 March 2009
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Methane emissions, first recorded in 2003, emanate from Mars' surface even now, and have prompted many astronomers to say that the Red Planet is not yet dead from all standpoints, meaning that at least geological processes still have to be underway, in order for the gas to be pumped out. Some experts say that th... |
16 January 2009
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Undoubtedly, the number one spot for this year's Top Scientific achievement is the discovering of cellular reprogramming techniques, which offer experts an invaluable tool in studying, understanding, and, potentially, curing such diseases as Parkinson's and diabetes. Sick cells can now be programmed into vi... |
19 December 2008
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