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Cell & Microbiology Nov 13, 2023

Protein CENP-E plays important role during cell division

Cells divide to produce new cells. A protein meshwork called the fibrous corona plays an important role during this process, as it ensures that DNA is evenly distributed over the new daughter cells. In collaboration with ...

Plants & Animals Aug 7, 2023

Novel research takes marine conservation tools to a new dimension

In the new article "Incorporating multidimensional behavior into a risk management tool for a critically endangered and migratory species" published in Conservation Biology, researchers combined data on the diving behavior ...

Biotechnology Jun 12, 2023

Taking biofabrication to the next level: Innovations in volumetric bioprinting

Bioprinting is the printing of living cells and tissues. It's a promising technique that hopefully, one day, can solve the organ donor shortage by growing organs from patients' own cells. However, printing living tissues ...

Cell & Microbiology Jun 7, 2023

Granulated gels: The best of both worlds for bioprinted cells

Printing living cells into functional tissues is highly complex, and with every technological innovation more challenges are presented.

Environment Jun 6, 2023

Chesapeake Bay report cites environmental justice disparities

A report on the Chesapeake Bay released Tuesday found strong disparities between communities in different parts of the bay's watershed in terms of health, economics and social justice concerns.

Plants & Animals May 9, 2023

Experts discuss the facts, and fiction, of Florida's seaweed problem

Forget "Jaws." If you want a beach-themed scare this summer, look no further than the real-life horror show unfolding on the East Coast: a monstrous mass of seaweed the size of North America drifting toward the Florida coastline ...

Earth Sciences Jan 30, 2023

New insights into why improvements to Chesapeake Bay remain a challenge

A new look at the history of water quality in the Chesapeake Bay sheds light on how the estuary has responded to nutrient reduction efforts and why improvements have remained a major challenge. University of Maryland Center ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 12, 2023

Two previously unknown bacterial species identified from patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Investigators at University Medical Center Utrecht (the Netherlands) and Yale University (USA) have isolated and characterized two new bacterial species from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The previously ...

Cell & Microbiology Dec 7, 2022

Microbiome composition found to influence depression

Our microbiome, the billions of microorganisms that live in and on our bodies, control many important bodily functions, including those in our brain. Recent research by Amsterdam UMC, the University of Amsterdam and Erasmus ...

Earth Sciences Oct 17, 2022

Quantifying the impact of urbanization on gross primary production

With more than half of the world's population living in urban areas and urban areas continuing to expand, the role of urban vegetation in carbon sequestration becomes more important. A common assumption about the gross primary ...

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