biology

How cold-loving bacteria can create their own ice

Posted in Science on 25th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

P. syringae plays an important role in biology and atmospheric science, because it can form ice at temperatures above freezing.

Final piece of type 1 diabetes puzzle solved

Posted in Medicine on 24th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

A complete picture of the areas that the immune system attacks to cause type 1 diabetes has finally been revealed by scientists.

Glasgow University scientists crack brain 'Enigma code'

Posted in Science on 24th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Researchers have discovered what two parts of the brain are saying to one another when processing visual images.

There May Be a Giant Lake Lurking Beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Posted in Science on 23rd Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists are reporting evidence of an enormous, never-before-seen subglacial lake, buried beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet.

Gene editing boosts the immune systems' cancer-killing cells

Posted in Medicine on 15th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The immune system is the body's own defense against infection and cancer, but tumors develop ways of stopping the onslaught.