Experts develop way to harness CRISPR technology to deal with antimicrobial resistance
Fri 6:10pmAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is continuing to increase globally, with rates of AMR in most pathogens increasing and threatening a future in which every day medical procedures may no longer be possible and infections thought long dealt with could kill…CRISPR is promising to tackle antimicrobial resistance, but bacteria can fight back
Fri 6:00pmIn his presentation "How to use CRISPR-Cas to combat AMR" at the ESCMID Global Congress, Assistant Prof. Ibrahim Bitar, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Plzen, Charles University in Prague, Plzen, Czech Republic, will…New quarantine scheme could reduce risk of rabies reintroduction in the EU following Russian…
Fri 3:17pmRabies is a major concern to both human and animal health, with rabies in dogs and cats widespread in Eastern Europe, and there are concerns the war in Ukraine could pose a greater risk of rabies being reintroduced to the European Union (EU). A four-month…New process quickly transforms livestock manure into biochar
Fri 2:11pmA technology has been developed to quickly convert livestock manure, a significant issue in animal farming, into valuable "black gold" rich in carbon within a day.How bad are invasive plants for birds? Research suggests large-scale removal may not have intended…
Fri 2:00pmA prevailing opinion in land management is that non-native invasive plants are of no ecological value and they significantly diminish habitat quality for wildlife. Conservation practitioners allocate significant resources to invasive plant removal, often…Umami-rich scrap fish and invasive species can liven up vegetables, says gastrophysicist
Fri 1:45pmGreening the way we eat needn't mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to "boring" vegetables. University of Copenhagen gastrophysicist Ole G. Mouritsen puts mathematical equations to…Florida dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian flu: Report
Fri 1:32pmThe case of a Florida bottlenose dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or HPAIV—a discovery made by University of Florida researchers in collaboration with multiple other agencies and one of the first reports of a constantly growing…Avian ambassadors and tribal perspectives: A bird's eye view of prescribed fire
Fri 1:17pmPSW ecologist and tribal liaison Frank Lake wondered how the birds he grew up with in northeastern California were faring. As a Karuk tribal descendant with Yurok family, Lake has a deep connection to the land and the birds that inhabit it. Belted kingfishers,…What dog owners should know about leptospirosis
Fri 12:28pmEmmanuelle Butty, med.vet., DACVIM (SAIM), assistant clinical professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, sometimes treats dogs with leptospirosis, an infection that can lead to kidney failure and even death.You might find a rare species in your backyard: How global citizen science contributes to…
Fri 12:28pmWhile it can be hard for us to notice as we go about our busy lives, cities are filled with indigenous plants, fungi, insects, spiders and other little creatures, as well as birds, frogs and reptiles.Automated machine learning robot unlocks new potential for genetics research
Fri 12:10pmUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have constructed a robot that uses machine learning to fully automate a complicated microinjection process used in genetic research.AI deciphers new gene regulatory code in plants and makes accurate predictions for newly sequenced…
Fri 12:05pmGenome sequencing technology provides thousands of new plant genomes annually. In agriculture, researchers merge this genomic information with observational data (measuring various plant traits) to identify correlations between genetic variants and crop traits…Study details a common bacterial defense against viral infection
Fri 11:54amOne of the many secrets to bacteria's success is their ability to defend themselves from viruses, called phages, that infect bacteria and use their cellular machinery to make copies of themselves.Researchers decipher how an enzyme modifies the genetic material in the cell nucleus
Fri 11:40amInside the cell nucleus, the DNA molecule is found in a densely packed DNA-protein complex known as chromatin. Here the DNA is wrapped around a core of histone proteins and densely packed to form nucleosomes. The structure of the nucleosomes determines which…Scientists discover higher levels of CO₂ increase survival of viruses in the air and transmission…
Fri 11:22amA new study has revealed for the first time the vital role carbon dioxide (CO2) plays in determining the lifespan of airborne viruses—namely SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It clearly showed keeping CO2 levels in check helps to reduce virus…Wolf connected to livestock killings could be breeding, wildlife officials say
Fri 11:19amWildlife officials said they will not remove a gray wolf potentially connected to recent livestock killings, despite requests from stockgrowers.Corals bred in a zoo have joined Europe's largest reef. This is offering scientists hope
Fri 11:05amJust like the animals on Noah's Ark, the corals arrived in a pair. On Monday, divers with gloved hands gently nestled the self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project among their cousins in Europe's largest coral reef at the Burgers' Zoo in the…Experiment reveals strategic thinking in mice
Fri 11:00amAre mice clever enough to be strategic? Kishore Kuchibhotla, a Johns Hopkins University neuroscientist who studies learning in humans and animals, and who has long worked with mice, wondered why rodents often performed poorly in tests when they knew how to…Scientists suggest using mobile device location data for studying human-wildlife interactions
Fri 11:00amWhen did you last go anywhere without your cell phone? From maps and weather apps to social media platforms, we give consent for our phones to trace our footsteps and behavior. These curated mobility data are often used for personalized advertisements.Study suggests host response needs to be studied along with other bacteriophage research
Fri 10:40amA team of micro- and immunobiologists from the Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Yale University, and the University of Pittsburgh has found evidence suggesting that future research teams planning to use bacteriophages to treat patients with…New multi-task deep learning framework integrates large-scale single-cell proteomics and…
Fri 10:35amThe exponential progress in single-cell multi-omics technologies has led to the accumulation of large and diverse multi-omics datasets. However, the integration of single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics (or epigenomics) data poses a significant challenge…Gigantic Jurassic raptor footprints unearthed in China
Fri 10:14amScientists have discovered the tracks of a 5 meter-long raptor dinosaur, challenging what was previously known about the species' size range.New structures offer insight into how a bacterial motor powers bacterial chemotaxis, a key…
Fri 10:04amBacteria existed for millennia before humans and have been infecting us from the beginning. Although we can treat infections through pharmaceuticals, bacteria continue to become resistant to treatment thanks to their rapid evolution. Bacterial infections…Feds greenlight return of grizzly bears to Washington's North Cascades
Fri 9:45amThe National Parks Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service filed a decision April 25 outlining a plan to capture three to seven grizzlies from other ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains or interior British Columbia and release them in the North Cascades each…Genomic analysis of a species of zooplankton questions assumptions about speciation and gene…
Fri 9:40amWhen two animals look the same, eat the same, behave the same way, and live in similar environments, one might expect that they belong to the same species.Genetic hope in fight against devastating wheat disease
Fri 9:37amFungal disease Fusarium head blight (FHB) is on the rise due to increasingly humid conditions induced by climate change during the wheat growing season, but a fundamental discovery by University of Adelaide researchers could help reduce its economic harm.Granting legal 'personhood' to nature is a growing movement: Can it stem biodiversity loss?
Fri 8:37amBiodiversity is declining at rates unprecedented in human history. This suggests the ways we currently use to manage our natural environment are failing.Nature conservation works, and we're getting better at it, says new study
Fri 8:33amTo work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural world is in decline, is there any room for optimism? Well, our new global study has some good news: we provide the strongest evidence to…Long-term research shows herring arrive earlier in the Wadden Sea due to climate change
Fri 2:32amDue to the changing climate, young herring arrive in the Wadden Sea earlier and earlier in spring. That is shown in a new publication by NIOZ ecologists Mark Rademaker, Myron Peck, and Anieke van Leeuwen in Global Change Biology.A systematic review of three key sugar metabolism proteins: HXK, SnRK1 and TOR
Thu 4:46pmSugar signaling is one of the most important regulatory signals for plant growth and development, and its metabolic network contains many regulatory factors. Sugar signaling molecules regulate cellular activities and organismal development by interacting with…
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