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Biology: Microbiology
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The immune system does battle in the intestines to keep bacteria in check      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers sheds light on a face-off in the intestines between the immune system and a bacterial pathogen whose family members cause gastrointestinal disease and the plague. The team's insights may extend to other chronic infections and could inform the development of immunotherapies capable of fully extinguishing such diseases.

Biology: Evolutionary
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Agriculture needs fresh approach to tackle insect resistance to biopesticides, new analysis finds      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Insect pests which attack crops have extraordinary powers to develop resistance to greener pesticides and a new way to manage resistance risks is needed, according to a recent analysis.

Biology: Microbiology
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Researchers develop new technology to easily detect active TB      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A team of faculty has discovered new technology that will quickly and easily detect active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection antibodies.

Biology: Zoology Ecology: Animals Ecology: General Ecology: Nature Ecology: Research Environmental: Biodiversity
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Swan populations grow 30 times faster in nature reserves      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Populations of whooper swans grow 30 times faster inside nature reserves, new research shows.

Biology: Marine Ecology: Nature Environmental: Ecosystems Environmental: General Environmental: Water Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geochemistry Geoscience: Geography Geoscience: Oceanography
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Researchers find decaying biomass in Arctic rivers fuels more carbon export than previously thought      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study found that plants and small organisms in Arctic rivers could be responsible for more than half the particulate organic matter flowing to the Arctic Ocean. That's a significantly greater proportion than previously estimated, and it has implications for how much carbon gets sequestered in the ocean and how much moves into the atmosphere.

Biology: Biotechnology Biology: Botany Biology: Cell Biology Biology: Developmental Biology: Genetics Biology: Molecular
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TurboID uncovers new meiotic proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Meiotic recombination assures genetic variation during breeding. During meiotic prophase I, chromosomes are organized in a loop-base array by a proteinaceous structure called meiotic chromosome axis which is critical for meiotic recombination and genetically diverse gametes. An international research team reports the application of a TurboID (TbID)-based approach to identify proteins in proximity of meiotic chromosome axes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Not only known but also new meiotic proteins were uncovered.

Biology: Cell Biology
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Gut microbiome plays key role in response to CAR-T cell cancer immunotherapy      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists have found that the gut microbiome may modulate the efficacy of CAR-T cellular immunotherpy CAR-T cells in patients with B cell lymphomas. Individualized microbiome information retreaved from patients' gut microbiomes prior to initiation of CAR T therapy could accurately predict their subsequent responsiveness to therapy, but only in the condition that these patients were not pre-treated with broad spectrum antibiotics.

Computer Science: Quantum Computers Physics: General Physics: Quantum Computing Physics: Quantum Physics
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Magnetism fosters unusual electronic order in quantum material      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Physicists have published an array of experimental evidence showing that the ordered magnetic arrangement of electrons in crystals of iron-germanium plays an integral role in bringing about an ordered electronic arrangement called a charge density wave that the team discovered in the material last year.

Biology: Evolutionary Biology: Microbiology Chemistry: Biochemistry Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry Engineering: Nanotechnology
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Scientists transform algae into unique functional perovskites with tunable properties      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have transformed single-cell algae into functional perovskite materials. The team has converted mineral shells of algae into lead halide perovskites with tunable physical properties. The new perovskites have unique nano-architectures unachievable by conventional synthetic production. The method can be applied to the mass production of perovskites with tunable structural and electro-optical properties from single-celled organisms.

Energy: Technology Engineering: Nanotechnology
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Are piezoelectrics good for generating electricity? Perhaps, but we must decide how to evaluate them      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A 'best practice' protocol for researchers developing piezoelectric materials has been developed by scientists. The protocol was developed by an international team led by physicists in response to findings that experimental reports lack consistency. The researchers made the shocking discovery that nine out of 10 scientific papers miss experimental information that is crucial to ensure the reproducibility of the reported work.

Biology: Zoology Geoscience: Severe Weather
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Entire populations of Antarctic seabirds fail to breed due to extreme, climate-change-related snowstorms      (via sciencedaily.com) 

The arrival of the new year is a prime time for Antarctic birds like the south polar skua, Antarctic petrel, and snow petrel to build nests and lay their eggs. However, from December 2021 to January 2022, researchers did not find a single skua nest on Svarthamaren, one of the regions where the birds go to raise their young. Similarly, the number of Antarctic petrel and snow petrel nests dropped to almost zero.

Biology: Biotechnology Biology: Cell Biology Biology: Developmental Biology: Genetics Biology: Microbiology Biology: Molecular
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A quick new way to screen virus proteins for antibiotic properties      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A whole new world of antibiotics is waiting inside the viruses that infect bacteria. Scientists are making it easier to study them.

Chemistry: Biochemistry Physics: General Physics: Optics
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Scientists demonstrate time reflection of electromagnetic waves in a groundbreaking experiment      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Scientists have hypothesized for over six decades the possibility of observing a form of wave reflections known as temporal, or time, reflections. Researchers detail a breakthrough experiment in which they were able to observe time reflections of electromagnetic signals in a tailored metamaterial.

Biology: Marine Ecology: Animals Ecology: Nature Ecology: Sea Life Environmental: Ecosystems Environmental: Water Geoscience: Geography Geoscience: Oceanography
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Minke whales are as small as a lunge-feeding baleen whale can be      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study of Antarctic minke whales reveals a minimum size limit for whales employing the highly efficient 'lunge-feeding' strategy that enabled the blue whale to become the largest animal on Earth.

Biology: Zoology Ecology: Nature Environmental: General Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geochemistry Geoscience: Geology
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Changing landscapes alter disease-scapes      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study has?highlighted?how and when?changes to the environment result in?animal-borne disease?thresholds?being breeched, allowing for?a?better understanding and?increased?capacity to?predict?the?risk of?transmissions.

Chemistry: Biochemistry
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New AI model transforms understanding of metal-organic frameworks      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have developed a new AI model that significantly improves the understanding of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), promising materials for hydrogen storage and other applications.

Chemistry: General Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry: Organic Chemistry Energy: Batteries Energy: Technology Engineering: Graphene Engineering: Nanotechnology Physics: General
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3D internal structure of rechargeable batteries revealed      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have pioneered a technique to observe the 3D internal structure of rechargeable batteries. This opens up a wide range of areas for the new technique from energy storage and chemical engineering to biomedical applications.

Environmental: Ecosystems Environmental: General Environmental: Water Geoscience: Earth Science Geoscience: Environmental Issues Geoscience: Geography Geoscience: Oceanography
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Arctic climate modelling too conservative      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Climate models used by the UN's IPCC and others to project climate change are not accurately reflecting what the Arctic's future will be, experts say.

Biology: Biotechnology Biology: Genetics Biology: Molecular
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Triggering bitter taste receptors could someday treat asthma, COPD      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Surprisingly, bitter taste receptors are not only located in the mouth, but also elsewhere in the body, including the airways. Activating those receptors opens up lung passageways, so they're a potential target for treating asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Now, researchers report that they have designed a potent and selective compound that could lead the way to such therapies.