Biology – Page 49
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Review
DNA: the great book of life from Mendel to genomics
This year, Rome’s exhibition palace pays tribute to all things genetics
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Research
Hydrothermal vents generate deep-sea currents
Minerals spewed by ocean vents set up redox reactions that allow electrical currents to flow
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Research
Tiny virus batteries remove water pollutant
Metal nanoparticles turn viruses into tiny batteries that reduce toxic compound in just 10 minutes
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Podcast
The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel – Book club
The active steps you can take to live longer and younger
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News
News from the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco
News stories from the 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society
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News
Thiocyanate detector aims to end illegal cyanide fishing
A new sensor could identify whether fish were caught using a dangerous and illegal technique
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Research
Maple syrup enhances antibiotics
A phenol-rich mixture extracted from maple syrup allows much smaller doses of antibacterial drugs to achieve the same results
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Business
EU conditionally approves Dow–DuPont merger
To satisfy competition concerns, DuPont will swap crop protection R&D assets for FMC’s nutrition business
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Podcast
Mercuric chloride
Michael Freemantle traces the history of a highly toxic medicine: Mercuric chloride
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Business
Expanding precision medicine beyond cancer
Exclusive interview with Koustubh Ranade, vice president of R&D at MedImmune
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Business
PacBio sues Oxford Nanopore for patent infringement
Firms spar over single-molecule gene sequencing technology
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Podcast
Nepetalactone
The catnip compound that felines go crazy for could have exciting uses for humans, too, as Kat Arney finds out
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Opinion
Safety first with gene editing
Why Darpa is creating a biosafety and biosecurity toolkit for genome editors
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Research
Supposed human pheromones fail to pass sniff test
Scientists are still searching for the first human chemical attractant
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Business
J&J to close Scottish medical device plant
Up to 400 positions affected as Ethicon subsidiary leaves Livingston
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Research
Unique proteins give water bears extreme drought tolerance
Glassy proteins allow tardigrades to survive being dried out for more than a decade
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Research
Tiny mite uses hydrogen cyanide to fight predators
Soil-dwelling arachnid leaves bitter taste in mouth of attackers with poison precursor