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Cricket Bacteria Break Down Lignin, Highlighting Ecology’s Utility in Applied R&D

Researchers have discovered that a bacterium found in camel crickets is capable of breaking down lignin – the stuff that

Border Collies are considered to be one of the smartest breads of dogs on Earth. They are fun, playful and

Everyone does it. You may not think about it, but old people do that too. And for them sex is

For a long time, researchers were only able to examine human cells infected with bacteria by using cancer cell lines.

Even though hallucinations are a fairly common occurrence in people with different types of mental illness, as well as those

In a discovery that could have broad applications from the development of targeted antibiotics to the production of biofuels in

A machine-learning model from MIT researchers computationally breaks down how segments of amino acid chains determine a protein’s function, which

A discovery about how exercise improves brain function could be harnessed for research into ageing, and boosting learning and memory.

Scientists from The University of Western Australia have discovered two enzymes that explain the sensitivity of wheat plants to salty

The greatest cause of death due to infection globally is tuberculosis (TB). Two supercomputers – Comet at the San Diego Supercomputer Center