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Sunlight a Big Contributor to Ocean Plastic Clearance
Scientists have calculated that about 2% of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface each year by degrading to nanoplastics that can then be completely broken down by bacteria.
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Protective Bacterial Cultures Could Keep Harmful Salmonella at Bay
Researchers are tackling a major challenge in food safety—drug-resistant "superbugs"—using a protective culture called Hafnia alvei B16.
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Novel Structures Discovered on the Surface of Immune B Cells
The use of new imaging methods has enabled the identification of novel structures on the surface of B cells, which affect the distribution and potentially the function of their antigen receptors.
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Low Concern and Political Distrust Contribute to Vaccine Hesitance
A study suggests that an unwillingness to accept a COVID-19 vaccine can be due to both a lack of concern for the consequences of contracting the virus and a lack of faith in the government’s actions.
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How Do Methanotrophs Cope With Toxic Hydrogen Sulfide?
Methanotrophs – methane-consuming organisms – have been proposed as a biological solution for removing methane from drilling sites, but these sites are high in hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic to most methanotrophs.
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Intracellular Lifestyle of Some Chlamydiae Evolved in Unexpected Ways
All chlamydiae today live inside the cells of hosts, but scientists have found that, while the ancestor of chlamydiae likely already lived inside host cells, chlamydiae infecting amoeba evolved later in ways unexpected for intracellular bacteria.
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Toxoplasmosis "Master Key" Allows It To Infect So Many Species
Research has shown that a complex of two protein variants plays a significant role in toxoplasmosis infection, caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which can infest any warm-blooded animal.
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Honeybees To Be Vaccinated Against Lethal Disease
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted a conditional license to a biotech company allowing it to vaccinate honeybees against American Foulbrood disease (AFB).
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New Trigger of Brain Inflammation Discovered in Alzheimer's
Scientists have reported that an inflammatory trigger like one present during viral infections is elevated in Alzheimer’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder.
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Coaxing Fungi Into Revealing Their Best-Kept Secrets
Using an approach that simultaneously modifies multiple sites in fungal genomes, scientists coax fungi into revealing their best-kept secrets, ramping up the pace of new drug discovery.
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