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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

Futurum

Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

Biology 73
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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

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Soybean is a high-energy, high-protein crop that is indispensable as animal feed. Jong and his team use various tools and techniques from molecular biology and genetics to study B. Jong and his team have had great success investigating the biology of B. glumae and its interactions with rice. The genome of B.

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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Having a fundamental understanding of the underlying biology is critical when translating discoveries from the lab to the clinic,” she explains. “We This thirst for knowledge is rewarded within science – there’s a lot of satisfaction to be had in a career in research, because you are able to propose and answer your own questions. “I

Biology 98
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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

By 1807 the term “energy” had been introduced, but the question remained of whether it could in any sense globally be thought of as conserved. It had seemed for a long time that heat was something a bit like mechanical energy, but the relation wasn’t clear—and the caloric theory of heat implied that caloric (i.e.

Energy 89
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Behind the screens: the crystals that flow like rain down a windowpane

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He starts by considering some basic principles of physics – that the momentum and energy of a system are always conserved. The problem is that considering every possible effect that contributes to momentum or energy is complicated,” he explains. Everything in natural science can be reduced to physics.

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Can modern technology uncover the secrets of evolution?

Futurum

For example, sedimentary rocks deposited in low energy environments (e.g., As palaeontology draws on skills and knowledge from geology and biology, you can enter the field from either of these directions. in calm lakes not fast-flowing rivers) are more likely to contain fossils than lavas erupted from volcanoes.

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Where Does Driftwood Come From?A Journey from the Forest to the Bottom of the Ocean

Smore Science

She has loved the natural sciences all her life, and is excited to create educational content that will inspire curiosity for the natural world in the next generation of scientists. Next time you see a piece of driftwood in the water, you can think of all of the amazing plants and animals it supports wherever it goes!