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A switch for a living computer
Scientists build a transistor from DNA
Posted in Computers & Electronics
Tagged bacteria, bio chip, biochip, biocomputer, biocomputing, bioengineer, bioinvention, biological computing, biological switch, bioswitch, Cambridge, computer, DNA, DNA switch, flash memory, germ, getinvolved, Jerome Bonnet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Palo Alto, Stanford University, Timothy Lu, topstories, transcriptor, transistor
When one question leads to another
Young scientists find advantages to pursuing related problems — sometimes for years on end
Posted in Teaching Science, Young Scientists
Tagged American Sign Language, animal behavior, Anirudh Jain, antibiotic, audio speakers, bacteria, biocide, Brazil nut effect, Broadcom MASTERS, California Institute of Technology, Caltech, drinking water, Elizabeth Baker, Erika DeBenedictis, feature, gibbon, gorilla, Harvard, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Intel Science Talent Search, Intel STS, ISEF, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, John Sheppard, JPL, Kartik Sameer Madiraju, Koko, lagrange points, low frequency sound, McGill University, Meredith MacGregor, microbial fuel cells, nano silver, nanoparticles, Nanosilver, nanotechnology, NASA, nuclear fusion, observational study, science fair, Science project, scientific method, silver, space navigation, spacecraft, topstories, University of North Carolina
Piercing a buried polar lake
Researchers in Antarctica drilled through a half-mile of ice to reach water that hasn’t had contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years.
Posted in Earth
Tagged Antarctic Sun, Antarctica, bacteria, Brent Christner, ecology, ecosystems, Frank Rack, germs, getinvolved, hot-water drill, ice sheet, Jill Mikucki, John Priscu, Lake Ellsworth, Lake Vostok, Lake Whillans, Louisiana State University, Martin Siegert, microbes, microbiology, polar science, South Pole, subglacial lakes, Tristy Vick-Majors, University of Bristol, University of Montana, University of Nebraska, University of Tennessee, viruses, WISSARD
The high life
The sky is full of microscopic life, some of which might even trigger rain or snow
Posted in Weather & Climate
Tagged air, aliens from space, atmosphere, bacteria, biological ice nucleators, Brent Christner, cloud condensation nuclei, cloud seeding, clouds, crystallization, David Barber, dust clouds, Erwinia, feature, fungi, Gary Franc, Gobi Desert, ice crystals, Kimberly Prather, Louisiana State University, Norman Lockyer Observatory, ocean bubbles, photographic plates, pollen, potato blight, rain, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sea salt, snow, solar wind, soot, topstories, transatlantic dust, University of Wyoming, Venus, water droplets, wave tanks, winds
Cool Jobs: The science of secrets
Researchers harness science to encode — and decode — hidden messages
Posted in STEM Careers, Technology & Engineering
Tagged acoustics, Adaptation, Aequorea Victoria, agar, animal behavior, Antibiotics, bacteria, bird of prey, bird song, birdsong, chickadee, Chris Templeton, codes, colors, cool jobs, crime, criminal, cryptography, David Walt, decode, decryption, detective, digital, electronics, encryption, FBI, feature, Federal Bureau of Investigation, fluorescence, fluorescent protein, forensic, global positioning system, GPS, Heather Mahalik, investigator, invisible ink, jellyfish, key, merlin, microbiology, patterns, predator, pygmy owl, raptor, sonogram, topstories, Tufts University, University of Montana, University of St. Andrews, warning calls
Bacteria learn new trick
Scientists show evolution in action in decades-long E. coli study
Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae
Tagged Adaptation, bacteria, biology, Bruce Levin, citric acid, E. coli, Emory University, evolution, evolutionary biology, evolve, genes, germs, getinvolved, Massey University, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Michigan State University, mutate, mutations, Paul Rainey, Richard Lenski, Zachary Blount
Living long beneath the sea
Microbes in the mud beneath the seafloor may live millions of years, redefining what it means to be old and alive
Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae
Tagged Aarhus University, astrobiology, bacteria, biology, clay, Europa, feature, germs, Hans Roy, Karen Lloyd, Knorr, life, Mars, microbes, Pacific Ocean, prehistory, Seth Shostak, SETI, SETI Institute, Titan, topstories, University of Tennessee
Like poison for phosphorus
Scientists report finding bacterium that can live off arsenic
What the appendix is good for
Some body parts seem pointless but in fact have purpose.
Posted in Body & Health
Tagged bacteria, Digestive system, digestive/excretory, vestigial organ
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