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Researchers Discover Two New Sea Spider Species in Salish Sea
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (392+ words) At SSBCrack News, our dedicated editorial team brings you the latest and most reliable updates on Defence, Geopolitics, Military Affairs, Science, and Technology. Driven by a passion for national security and strategic awareness, the SSBCrack News Desk delivers fact-checked, timely,…...
New tool to mutate phages boosts the fight against superbugs
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (350+ words) A new tool to mutate bacteriophages – viruses that infect bacteria – provides a "big leap" forward in both our understanding of how they function, and our ability to harness their full potential. Developed by researchers in the University of Otago – Ōtākou…...
Defining the essential genome of diverse phages with phage Tn-seq | Nature Microbiology
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (201+ words) Nature Microbiology (2026) Cite this article Krylov, V. N. & Zhazykov, I. Pseudomonas bacteriophage phiKZ–possible model for studying the genetic control of morphogenesis. Genetika 14, 678–685 (1978). These authors contributed equally: Natalie Kyte, Manuela Fuchs. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Maurice…...
Spatial Hi-C Maps 3D Genome Folding Directly Inside Brain Tissue
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (645+ words) Every cell in the mammalian brain carries the same genome, yet neurons in the cerebellar granule layer behave nothing like Purkinje cells or cortical pyramidal neurons. A large part of that difference lies not in the DNA sequence itself but…...
Embrapa Identifies Gene Target for Banana Fusarium Wilt Resistance
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (598+ words) Global Agriculture 25 September 2026, Bahia, Brazil: Researchers at Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura, the cassava and fruit crops research unit of Brazil’s national agricultural research agency Embrapa, based in Cruz das Almas, Bahia, have confirmed that a gene called MusaDMR6 helps banana plants…...
New Tool Unlocks Phages' Untapped Potential
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (413+ words) A new tool to mutate bacteriophages - viruses that infect bacteria - provides a "big leap" forward in both our understanding of how they function, and our ability to harness their full potential. Developed by researchers in the University of Otago - Ōtākou…...
A ‘library’ of bacteria-killing viruses: Harnessing the power of phages
15+ hour, 55+ min ago (634+ words) Researchers at the CU Anschutz School of Medicine isolate bacteriophages — specialized viruses that only infect bacteria — and use them to study novel treatments for severe bacterial infections Credit: Courtesy of Breck Duerkop An estimated 38 trillion bacteria live in the human…...
Mild Pepper Virus Turned Into a Powerful Gene Tool for Crop Scientists
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (624+ words) Pepper is one of the most economically important vegetable crops in the world, yet scientists trying to understand which of its genes do what have long been hampered by a stubborn technical bottleneck....
Why Trauma and Disordered Eating Go Hand in Hand: New Study Maps the Hidden
9+ hour, 50+ min ago (590+ words) For decades, clinicians have noticed a troubling pattern: women who carry the scars of trauma are far more likely than others to develop disordered eating, from binge eating to purging and compulsive body preoccupation. What has remained stubbornly unclear is…...
Splicing Complex Tied to Cell Fate Decisions in Developing Worms
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (734+ words) In the crowded nucleus of a living cell, a gene is only the beginning of a story. Before any protein can be made, the raw transcript of a gene—pre-messenger RNA—must be copied, capped, elongated, and meticulously edited, with…...