Earth’s poles offer up valuable biosurfactants for biodiesel, washing clothes and more
In Germany, cold-loving molecules from the Earth’s poles can act as green detergents, fuel additives, and other applications. Researchers think the biosurfactants help bacteria...
How Biochar Improves Plant Health is Better Understood
In Israel, researchers at the Volcani Center Agricultural Research Organization have caught a better glimpse of why biochar can have positive effects on soil...
New Genes Found Linked to Autism Can Offer Hope for Better Treatment Options
In Canada, researchers analyzed the genomes from more than 5,000 people and found the usual 43 genes that have shown up in prior studies,...
Aniline Made from Biomaterials For First Time Ever – Turning Point for Key Foam...
In Germany, aniline, a chemical only attained from fossil fuels in the past, was produced from plant-based materials using a microorganism as a catalyst...
Cloned Dog Meets Mom and Act Like Old Friends
In Russia, a piece of ear was taken from a rare Yakutian Laika dog to provide the biomaterial needed to clone her. Yakutian Laika...
Regeneron, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and others to accelerate largest ‘big data’ genome biobank
In New York, Regeneron plans to sequence the exomes of all 500,000 people within the UK Biobank resource, all with associated health records, creating...
Corals prefer eating plastic over sand even though it harms them
In North Carolina, scientists at Duke University found that corals are eating plastic, preferring it over other food like sand. They believe there is...
Genetic Information Useful in Detecting Deadly Endometrial Cancers Before It’s Too Late
In New York, researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute conducted a genomic study showing mutation similarities between clear cell endometrial cancer and...
Human microbes likely contaminated ISS, not aliens
In Russia, Anton Shkaplerov, who will lead Russia’s International Space Station crew in December, said that samples from a recent swabbing of the outside...
Oh smell that smell – dead skin cells responsible for office stench
In Hong Kong, Lynyrd Skynyrd fans are loving the latest research to come from Hong Kong Baptist University that says human skin flakes are...