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(PhysOrg.com) -- Shakespeare famously wrote, "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." With all due respect to the Bard, University of Florida researchers may have to disagree: no matter what you ...
Researchers map all the fragile sites of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae's genome
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The research group of Dr. François Robert, a researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), in collaboration with the team of Dr. Daniel Durocher (Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute and University ...
Mescal worm test shows DNA leaks into preservative liquids
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Just because you don't swallow the worm at the bottom of a bottle of mescal doesn't mean you have avoided the essential worminess of the potent Mexican liquor, according to scientists from the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario ...
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Animals cope with climate change at the dinner table
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Brown pelicans struggling to survive
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Researchers reveal 3-D structure of bullet-shaped virus with potential to fight cancer, HIV
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Engineering bacterial cells
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Will earlier springs throw nature out of step?
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Physicists investigate structural properties of spider webs,
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Exploring the characteristics of viscoelastic fluids,
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Artificial magnetic fields for light could illuminate correlated quantum systems,
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Creating a quantum gas,
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Physicists Investigate Possibility of an 'Unhiggs',
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Within a virus's tiny exterior is a store of energy waiting to be unleashed. When the virus encounters a host cell, this pent-up energy is released, propelling the viral DNA into the cell and turning it into a virus factory. ...
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