Predicting a Human Gut Microbiota’s Response to Diet in Gnotobiotic Mice
“A model community of 10 sequenced human gut bacteria was introduced into gnotobiotic mice, and changes in species abundance and microbial gene expression...
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DARPA to Offer $30 Million to Jump-Start Cellular Factories – ScienceInsider
“Approved barely a month ago, the $30 million Living Foundries program should be sending out a request for proposals in the next few weeks and making awar...
New battery design could give electric vehicles a jolt – MIT News Office
“The new semi-solid flow batteries pioneered by Chiang and colleagues overcome this limitation, providing a 10-fold improvement in energy density over pre...
Welcome to BrewGene | BrewGene
Is this a Pandora/Last.fm/Netflix/(put in the name of your fave recommendation, collaborative filtering tool) for brews? [Wondering all the possible biz models ...
Scattering Microscope Peers Into the Nanoscale – ScienceNOW
From the article: Researchers have come up with a new idea for a light microscope. They placed between the light source and the object a lens made from a slab o...
Watch Out Below: Wasps Battle Ants by Dropping Them – ScienceNOW
“The observation that the wasp relocates ants farther when the swarm is bigger is a “wonderful example of behavioral plasticity,” he adds. Gra...
Marine microbes digest plastic : Nature News
“Amaral-Zettler and Mincer also found genetic and microscope evidence of eukaryotes on the plastic. What she calls the “plastisphere” might co...
Friendly bacteria fight the flu : Nature News
“Neomycin-sensitive bacteria naturally present in the mice’s bodies provided a trigger that led to the production of T cells and antibodies that cou...
Meet the Mastermind Behind That E. coli Google Logo – ScienceInsider
Very funny. Video, too. Bookmarked in Delicious. Read this article…