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24-Jul-2023
Taming undomesticated bacteria with a high-efficiency genome engineering tool
DOE/US Department of Energy
Genetic engineers use synthetic biology to provide novel functions in microbes by introducing new genes. A new method called Serine recombinase-Assisted Genome Engineering (SAGE) borrows components from bacterial viruses to aid the stable insertion of genes into bacterial chromosomes. This new tool has the potential to work well in many species of bacteria, including newly discovered bacteria that must grow outside controlled laboratory conditions. These features will help accelerate synthetic biology research for bioenergy.
- Journal
- Science Advances
24-Jul-2023
100-year-old treatment inhibits COVID-19 infection
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
A team of researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Jonathan S. Dordick, Ph.D., Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has illuminated a new possibility for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 in research published in Communications Biology.
- Journal
- Communications Biology
24-Jul-2023
Or did Einstein describe all the forces?
World Scientific
A recent research paper concludes that A. Einstein may have been right all along, and General Relativity describes much more than just gravity.
- Journal
- International Journal of Modern Physics D
13-Jul-2023
Let’s see some ID: simulated molecular bouncer helps track protein movement across the nuclear membrane
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
If the human cell is a nightclub, then the nucleus is a VIP lounge fiercely maintained by the nuclear pore complex. By modeling a dynamic simulation of the NPC, physicists have theorized as to why some proteins enter the nucleus more readily than others.
- Journal
- Nature Communications
12-Jul-2023
Establishing ethical nanobiotechnology
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL’s wide-ranging report maps the current nanobiotechnology landscape, flags potential concerns, and details the need for an organizing body to coordinate currently disparate disciplines.
- Journal
- Health Security
3-Jul-2023
Can we predict how topsoil is affected by field traffic?
Aarhus University
According to researchers from Aarhus University, a new model can predict how traffic in the field deforms the soil in the plough layer – topsoil. The model takes into account both soil properties and the vehicle's weight and tyre pressure.
- Journal
- Soil and Tillage Research
- Funder
- European Commission
26-Jun-2023
Due to climate change, more animals will become extinct outside of nature reserves than within them
Tel-Aviv University
A new international study, in which a Tel Aviv University researcher took part, has found that amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the world’s nature reserves, or Protected Areas (PAs), will be better protected against climate change than species found outside of these areas, but are still likely to be harmed.
22-Jun-2023
Attainment of happiness in psychologically mature individuals linked to pursuit of meaning
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl believed that the quest for meaning constitutes a fundamental and intrinsic motivation for all human beings. Some other authors suggest that the need for meaning or purpose only emerges at higher levels of personality development. According to a team of psychologists from HSE and the University of Paris Nanterre, individuals who have achieved higher levels of ego development are inclined to relinquish hedonistic motives in favour of cultivating mindfulness and embarking on a quest for meaning. These findings have been published in Frontiers in Psychology.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology