Finding a new antibiotic
After 30 years, teixobactin, a new type of antibiotic, has been found which may be the answer to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. This…
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Constant vigilance
California ground squirrels have a difficult job of avoiding becoming snake food. Rather than running away, many prey animals will display a physical signal to…
Making protein without nucleic acid
Genetic information being transferred from DNA to RNA to protein – this is the central dogma of molecular biology. In the standard flow of information…
Notes from Gnaraloo
January 5, 2015 We’re officially midway through sea turtle nesting season and are currently recording up to 15 activities per day here at Gnaraloo Bay…
Preventing chronic wasting disease in deer
Prions are normal body proteins found in the brain of many animals, including humans. It is believed that prion proteins play a role in brain…
Notes from Gnaraloo
December 2, 2014 It’s been nearly six weeks since my arrival in Western Australia (WA) and I can’t seem to decide if time is flying…
2015: A space odyssey
The year 2014 saw many exciting space missions come to fruition; the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission saw its first rover land on a…
Fractal butterflies
Tapash Chakraborty is a Tier-I Canada research chair in nanoscale physics, and a physics and astronomy professor at the University of Manitoba. His students are…
Isaac Newton’s genius still meaningful today
Isaac Newton’s fundamental work on motion and gravity may have been challenged by Einstein’s theories in the early 20th century; but the ideas and mathematical…
Effects of oral contraceptives on the brain
Oral contraceptive pills were first produced in the United States in the 60s, revolutionizing sexual health for women all over the world. Millions of women…