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Scientists have identified the genes in the probiotic Bifidobacteria longum responsible for improving gut motility.

NASA has awarded $2.3 million to scientists to study how to grow vegetation in lunar soil as human exploration prepares to go beyond Earth's atmosphere, scientists said Tuesday.

Researchers at the IBB-UAB have developed the most comprehensive database available to date to help understand the basis of protein aggregation, a phenomenon associated with aging and several pathologies.

Scientists from all over met in Chicago at Society for Developmental Biology conference to discuss development, disease, and diversity of life.

The bacterial cell wall must be constantly remodeled in order to grow and divide. This involves the close coordination of lytic enzymes and peptidoglycan synthesis.

An international team of bee researchers involving Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf has integrated a calcium sensor into honey bees to enable the study of neural information processing including response to odors.

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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have developed a computer model -; dubbed quantitative fate mapping -; that looks back in the developmental timeline to trace the origin of cells in a fully grown organism

Model animals, such as mice and fruit flies, have provided scientists with powerful insights into how cellular biology works. However, model animals are really just a guide, and it can be risky to generalize findings across animals from studying a selection of model organisms.

Blattläuse werden beim Anblick der Farbe Gelb schwach – dies bestätigt eine Studie von Forschern der Universitäten Bonn und Kassel. Die Ergebnisse könnten helfen, Abwehrmaßnahmen gegen die Blattsauger zu optimieren.