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New Tools Visualize Where Bacterial Species Live in the Gut, Control Their Activity
This figure shows different Bacteroides species in the mouse gut encoded with unique fluorescent signatures.
Credit: Whitaker et al./Cell 2017
Gut microbes play wide-ranging roles in...
Dual-channel biological function generator
Rice University’s latest new dual-function bioscilloscope uses a Light Plate Apparatus, or LPA, that is outfitted with the spectral LEDs.
Credit: Image courtesy of Karl...
Remembrance of Things Past: Bacterial Memory of Gut Inflammation
Engineered bacteria not exposed to inflammatory signals do not turn on the memory circuit and thus remain colorless. In the presence of the inflammatory...
Bio-based p-xylene oxidation into terephthalic acid by engineered E. coli
This schematic diagram shows the overall conceptualization of how metabolically engineered E. coli produced TPA from pX. The engineered E. coli was developed through...
E. Coli Bacteria’s Defense Secret Revealed
In the periplasm -- the space between the inner and outer membranes of a bacteria's cell wall -- defensive proteins that detect a poison...
ALMA and Rosetta detect Freon-40 in space dashing hopes that molecule may be marker...
Organohalogen methyl chloride (Freon-40) discovered by ALMA around the infant stars in IRAS 16293-2422. These same organic compounds were discovered in the thin atmosphere...
Astronomers strike cosmic gold, confirm origin of precious metals in neutron star mergers
Three days after the merger and explosion, the bright blue glow from lighter elements in the outer polar regions is beginning to fade, giving...
New concept of terrestrial planet formation
This is a photo of Io with a volcanic plume at the top.
Credit: The University of Hong Kong
Scientists have long been intrigued by the...
Enzymes at work: Breaking down stubborn cellulose for biofuels
Hydrolytic enzymes break down cellulose better and thus pave the way to competitive biofuels. In the picture: Manuel Eibinger, first author of the study...
Bite on this: Alligators caught eating sharks
Kansas State University postdoctoral researcher James Nifong documents widespread American alligators' predation of four species of shark like this nurse shark. Credit
Credit: U.S. Fish...
Rooftop concentrating photovoltaics win big over silicon in outdoor testing
The concentrating photovoltaic system showing the top lenslet; the little black square visible near the middle is the solar cell and the lines running...
