Genes give MRSA control new direction
INDIANA U. (US) — The discovery of two genes that encode repressors in MRSA (Staphylococcus aureus) opens new avenues for controlling the increasingly drug-resistant bacterium. Continue…
Thursday, April 14, 2011 13:54 - 0 Comments
Top Stories - Apr 5, 2011 11:21 - 2 Comments
Odd couple: Algae in salamander cells
INDIANA U. (US) — The discovery green algae lives inside the cells of salamander embryos suggests other symbioses between animals and algae may exist. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 1, 2011 12:32 - 3 Comments
Fossil hints to Earth’s first flowers
INDIANA U. (US) — A 125 million-year-old fossil of an intact eudicot, a flowering plant family that includes buttercups and dandelions, has researchers arguing for an earlier origin of the eudicots—and perhaps flowering plants in general. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 3, 2011 16:34 - 1 Comment
Water flea’s 31,000 genes top humans
INDIANA U. (US) — The animal with the most genes—about 31,000—is the water flea, a near-microscopic freshwater crustacean. By comparison, humans have about 23,000 genes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 30, 2010 11:58 - 6 Comments
Bacteria skedaddle when relatives start dying
INDIANA U. (US)—The deaths of nearby relatives have a curious effect on the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus—surviving cells lose their stickiness. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 16:41 - 1 Comment
Shape of lake bottoms can spur epidemics
INDIANA U. (US)—In an effort to learn more about the ecology of disease, researchers studying lakes in Michigan have discovered that the shape of lake bottoms may control the onset of epidemics. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 4, 2010 11:18 - 1 Comment
The downside to tons of testosterone
INDIANA U. (US)—Too much—or too little—testosterone may put some males at an evolutionary disadvantage, according to new research involving an American songbird. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 12, 2010 12:21 - 0 Comments
In China, a mining town amid toxic heaps
INDIANA U. (US)—Waters around the Xikuangshan mine in southwest China contain levels of antimony that are two to four orders of magnitude higher than normal, making it a unique laboratory to study the contaminant’s environmental impact. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 11, 2010 12:02 - 2 Comments
Closing in on a carbon-based solar cell
INDIANA (US)—To make large sheets of carbon available for light collection, chemists have devised an unusual solution—attach what amounts to a 3-D bramble patch to each side of the carbon sheet. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 7, 2010 14:56 - 0 Comments
Taking forests’ temperature in triplicate
INDIANA U. (US) —Satellites are frequently used to study climate change, but how accurate is the data? (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 24, 2010 12:52 - 0 Comments
Identifying birds by sniff, not song
INDIANA U (US)—Two recently diverged populations of a southern California songbird produce unique odors, suggesting smell could contribute to the reproductive isolation that accompanies the origin of new bird species. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 12, 2010 12:06 - 27 Comments
Using math to formulate sex offender laws
INDIANA U. (US)—A new mathematical model could help communities that are in the midst of passing or reforming sex offender laws quantify risk and address issues of special concern. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 28, 2009 11:49 - 0 Comments
Following the rules of cell division
INDIANA (US)—No matter how complex things get, it comes down to this: Cells are either directed to divide, or they are not. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 14, 2009 11:42 - 0 Comments
Gene interrupted: Role of introns
INDIANA (US)—The sequences of nonsense DNA that interrupt genes could be far more important to the evolution of genomes than previously thought, according to a recent Science report. (more…)
