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Soil May Harbor Answer to Reducing Arsenic in Rice
May 1, 2013 — Agricultural researchers are studying whether a naturally occurring soil bacterium, referred to as UD1023, can create an iron barrier in rice roots that reduces arsenic ... > full story -
Bizarre Bone Worms Emit Acid to Feast on Whale Skeletons: Bone-Melting Substance Drills Opening for Worms to Access Nutrients
May 1, 2013 — Only within the past 12 years have marine biologists come to learn about the eye-opening characteristics of mystifying sea worms that live and thrive on the skeletons of whale carcasses. Now, ... > full story -
Electron-Beam Pasteurization of Raw Oysters May Reduce Viral Food Poisoning
April 30, 2013 — Researchers have studied how electron-beam pasteurization of raw oysters may reduce the possibility of food poisoning through ... > full story -
First Snapshot of Organisms Eating Each Other: Feast Clue to Smell of Ancient Earth
April 29, 2013 — Tiny 1,900-million-year-old fossils from rocks around Lake Superior, Canada, give the first ever snapshot of organisms eating each other and suggest what the ancient Earth would have smelled ... > full story -
Better Wheat Varieties in the Future? Wheat Genome Shows Resistance Genes Easy to Access
April 29, 2013 — Scientists have developed a physical map of wheat's wild ancestor, Aegilops tauschii, commonly called goatgrass. It's the first huge step toward sequencing the wheat genome -- a complete look at ... > full story -
Thymus Teaches Immune Cells to Ignore Vital Gut Bacteria
April 29, 2013 — The tiny thymus teaches the immune system to ignore the teeming, foreign bacteria in the gut that helps you digest and absorb food, researchers ... > full story -
Flu and Bacteria: Better Prognosis for This Potentially Fatal Combination
April 26, 2013 — Scientists have provided insights into how much harm bacteria can cause to the lung of people having the flu. The results could prompt the development of alternative treatments for flu-related ... > full story -
Thanks to Rare Alpine Bacteria, Researchers Identify One of Alcohol's Key Gateways to the Brain
April 25, 2013 — Thanks to a rare bacteria that grows only on rocks in the Swiss Alps, researchers have been the first to identify how alcohol might affect key brain ... > full story -
Significant Step Forward in Combating Antibiotic Resistance
April 24, 2013 — New research is a significant development in combating antibiotic resistance; it will pave the way for the creation of the inhibitors to counteract the process, allowing a renaissance in the use of ... > full story -
Gut Bacteria Byproduct Predicts Heart Attack and Stroke
April 24, 2013 — A microbial byproduct of intestinal bacteria contributes to heart disease and serves as an accurate screening tool for predicting future risks of heart attack, stroke and death in persons not ... > full story
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