Tiny Silicone Hotel Reveals How Bacteria Control Crowds

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Image of microchamber device. Arrows designate the direction of flow in the microchannels. Image Credit: Kyle Campbell UCSD
Image of microchamber device. Arrows designate the direction of flow in the microchannels. Image Credit: Kyle Campbell, UCSD

Using a device composed of microscopic rooms and hallways that was designed and fabricated at the University of California, San Diego, a team of researchers from four institutions has determined how bacteria self-organize during the early stages of colony formation. The findings may lead to more effective ways to treat or prevent persistent infections.


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Workers building a business centre in Minsk came across the bones of two mammoths thought to be between 25,000 and 45,000 years old, an official from Belarus' Academy of Sciences told AFP on Friday.

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The subtleties between shades of celery or wasabi green sounds like a debate for an interior designer, but University of Alberta PhD student Huiwang Ai has been exploring those differences ...
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