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Newly discovered pathogen in NY apples causes bitter rot disease Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:54 AM PDT In a study of New York state apple orchards, plant pathologists have identified a new fungal pathogen that causes bitter rot disease in apples. |
Biological factories: How do bacteria build up natural products? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:08 AM PDT The active agents of many drugs are natural products, so called because often only microorganisms are able to produce the complex structures. Similar to the production line in a factory, large enzyme complexes put these active agent molecules together. Biologists have now succeeded in investigating the basic mechanisms of one of these molecular factories. |
Physics: Bubbling and burping droplets of DNA Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:08 AM PDT Liquid droplets formed from DNA display a peculiar response to enzymes. An international collaboration has now been able to explain the mechanisms behind bubble formation. |
Researchers develop software to find drug-resistant bacteria Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:08 AM PDT The program could make it easier to identify the deadly antimicrobial resistant bacteria that exist in the environment. Such superbugs annually cause more than 2.8 million difficult-to-treat pneumonia or bloodstream infections and 35,000 deaths in the US. |
Plant study challenges tropics' reputation as site of modern evolutionary innovation Posted: 06 Jul 2020 11:08 AM PDT In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as quickly in temperate zones as the tropics. |
Why it's no last orders for the Tequila bat Posted: 06 Jul 2020 08:39 AM PDT Scientists studying the 'near threatened' tequila bat, best known for its role in pollinating the Blue Agave plant from which the drink of the same name is made from, have analyzed its DNA to help inform conservationists on managing their populations. |
Owner behavior affects effort and accuracy in dogs' communications Posted: 06 Jul 2020 08:39 AM PDT Researchers have found that dogs adapt their communicative strategies to their environment and that owner behavior influences communicative effort and success. Experimental results found no evidence that dogs rely on communication history or follow the principle of least effort and suggest that owner behavior has a bigger impact on canine communication than previously thought. |
The sixth sense of animals: An early warning system for earthquakes? Posted: 06 Jul 2020 07:18 AM PDT Continuously observing animals with motion sensors could improve earthquake prediction. |
Harmful microbes found on sewer pipe walls Posted: 06 Jul 2020 06:41 AM PDT Can antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape from sewers into waterways and cause a disease outbreak? A new study examined the microbe-laden ''biofilms'' that cling to sewer walls, and even built a simulated sewer to study the germs that survive within. |
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