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Insect Pests More Plentiful in Hotter Parts of City Than in Cooler Areas
March 27, 2013 — Higher temperatures in cities can be a key driver of insect pest outbreaks on trees in urban areas, according to new ... > full story -
Poultry Probiotic Cuts Its Coat to Beat Bad Bacteria
March 27, 2013 — A strain of probiotic bacteria that can fight harmful bacterial infections in poultry has the ability to change its coat, according to new findings. The probiotic is currently being taken forward ... > full story -
New Bone Survey Method Could Aid Long-Term Survival of Arctic Caribou
March 27, 2013 — A study adds critical new data for understanding caribou calving grounds in an area under consideration for oil exploration in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife ... > full story -
Cancer Biologists Find DNA-Damaging Toxins in Common Plant-Based Foods
March 27, 2013 — In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology, scientists tested the potentially harmful effect of foods and flavorings on the DNA of cells. They found that liquid smoke flavoring, ... > full story -
How Microbes Survive at Bare Minimum: Archaea Eat Protein
March 27, 2013 — Beneath the ocean floor is a desolate place with no oxygen and sunlight. Yet microbes have thrived in this environment for millions of years. Scientists have puzzled over how these microbes survive, ... > full story -
New Way to Lose Weight? Changing Microbes in Guts of Mice Resulted in Rapid Weight Loss
March 27, 2013 — New research has found that the gut microbes of mice underwent drastic changes following gastric bypass surgery. The transfer of these microbes into sterile mice resulted in rapid weight ... > full story -
Carbon Cycle: Four Cells Turn Seabed Microbiology Upside Down
March 27, 2013 — With DNA from just four cells, researchers reveal how some of the world's most abundant organisms play a key role in carbon cycling in the ... > full story -
New Test for Skin Sensitization Without Using Animals
March 27, 2013 — In an advance in efforts to reduce the use of animals in testing new cosmetic and other product ingredients for skin allergies, scientists are describing a new, highly accurate non-animal test for ... > full story -
Caffeine-'Addicted' Bacteria: Finding May Lead to New Decontamination Methods, New Medicines
March 27, 2013 — Some people may joke about living on caffeine, but scientists now have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to do that -- literally. Their report describes bacteria being "addicted" to caffeine in ... > full story -
Advance in Describing the Conformation of Proteins That Do Not Have a Defined Structure
March 27, 2013 — Scientists have paved the way towards describing the conformation of proteins that do not have a defined structure. In new research, they show how structural and theoretical techniques can be ... > full story
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