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ISTA Study Finds Bacteria Use Viruses for Sex-Like DNA Exchange During
56+ min ago (573+ words) Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have identified a mechanism in the gut bacterium Escherichia coli that resembles a primitive form of sexual reproduction....
Sainfoin Genes Reveal Gibberellin Role in Seed Germination
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (551+ words) Researchers at Gansu Agricultural University have completed a comprehensive genome-wide analysis of the GID1 gene family in sainfoin, a leguminous plant prized for its high nutritional value and unique ability to prevent bloat in ruminant livestock....
AgroNetica developing gene-edited cacao with improved disease resistance
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (575+ words) Agri-tech start-up AgroNetica has announced plans to advance toward commercial deployment of a transgene-free, gene-edited cacao with improved disease resistance, aiming to tackle one of the cocoa supply chain’s biggest challenges. AgroNetica is a US-based subsidiary of BetterSeeds, an agri-tech…...
Lupin Leaf Extract Triggers Oxidative Stress and Enzyme Collapse in Two
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (674+ words) Aqueous leaf extract of Lupinus termis, the white lupin familiar to farmers and gardeners across the Mediterranean region, has emerged as a surprisingly potent chemical weapon against two widespread agricultural weeds. In a study published in Plant Biosystems, a research…...
Scientists Decode the Giant Genome of a Rare Red-Flowered Magnolia
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (559+ words) In the misty mountains of Wufeng County in China’s Hubei Province grows a tree so striking that botanists could hardly believe it had escaped scientific description for so long....
Bacteria Detect Viral Proteases to Trigger Immune Response
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (540+ words) In the relentless biological arms race between bacteria and the viruses that prey upon them, researchers have uncovered a fundamental mechanism by which bacterial cells detect viral invasion. This discovery, published in the journal Science, reveals that bacteria do not…...
Computational Screen Flags Dozens of Risky Mutations in a Key Bone Growth
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (90+ words) Bones are not simply the rigid scaffolding that holds a body upright; they are living organs whose construction is choreographed by an intricate web of genetic instructions. When even a single letter of that genetic code changes in the wrong…...
Light and Myoglobin Team Up to Build Flavor in Dry-Cured Fish
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (94+ words) The irresistible aroma of traditionally sun-dried fish may soon be reproducible under factory lights, thanks to new research that dissects exactly how sunlight sculpts the flavor of cured fish. A team of Chinese food scientists has shown that the intensity…...
Gene-edited yeast turns fermentation vats into carotenoid factories
2+ hour, 45+ min ago (55+ words) Carotenoids are everywhere in our lives, even if most of us never notice them. They are the pigments that make tomatoes red, carrots orange, and salmon pink, and they are also some of the most valuable molecules in the food,…...
Nanoparticle Capsules Keep Guava Biofertilizer Alive for a Full Year
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (89+ words) A team of researchers in Himachal Pradesh, India, has wrapped a beneficial soil bacterium in a microscopic armor made of seaweed extract, corn starch, and chitosan nanoparticles, and the result is a biofertilizer that stays alive on the shelf for…...