An Achilles" heel for wheat rust infection
Researchers have found a gene in wheat that acts to promote rust fungal infection......»»
Climate change is testing resilience of UK wheat yields
Wheat yields in the UK have largely been resilient to varying weather over the past 30 years. However, the future security of our most widely grown food crop is uncertain due to increasingly frequent extreme wet and dry conditions as a result of clim.....»»
Genomic research aids in the effort to understand how to treat deadly fungal infections
A research team led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst scientist has made a significant genetic discovery that sheds light on the use of the drug caspofungin to treat a deadly fungal infection, Aspergillus fumigatus, which kills some 100,000 se.....»»
One of the world"s most popular programming languages is coming to Linux
The next Linux update will include support for Rust, a language popular in the development community......»»
Heart infection could be cause of death of Polish, US hero
Medical and genetics experts in Poland say that a heart infection caused by a common skin bacteria could have caused the 1817 death of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish and U.S. military leader and national hero......»»
Childhood diet may contribute to impacted wisdom teeth, research shows
Have you ever wondered why so many people end up with impacted wisdom teeth, which cause discomfort, pain and infection, and often require expensive surgical removal? A University of Saskatchewan (USask) graduate student researcher says your childhoo.....»»
A Bold Effort to Cure HIV—Using Crispr
An experiment tests whether the gene-editing technology can stop the virus from replicating, which would ultimately wipe out the infection......»»
New genetic variation from old and exotic varieties for environmentally friendly wheat cultivation
Gene banks worldwide make an important contribution to the conservation of biological diversity. In the Federal Ex situ Gene Bank at the IPK Leibniz Institute alone, more than 150,000 old varieties are preserved. In addition to negative traits, old a.....»»
The brain cells that slow us down when we"re sick
We tend to eat, drink, and move less when we're feeling under the weather. And we're not alone—most animals reduce those same three behaviors when they're fighting an infection......»»
What caused the holes in SUE the T. rex"s jaw? Probably not an infection
SUE the T. rex is one of the most complete, best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimens ever found. That level of preservation helps reveal details about SUE's life. For instance, SUE lived to a ripe old age of about thirty-three, and in those years,.....»»
New salad dressing recall: Multiple salad dressings you need to watch out for
A few weeks ago, we warned you of a salad dressing recall for a product sold at Whole Foods that contained two undeclared allergens: soy and wheat. That was the Van Law Whole Foods Market 365 Organic Creamy Caesar Dressing recall, which has now been.....»»
Mutation in key molecules could stop gonorrhea infection
Creating a mutation that inhibits how the bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection, could offer a new way to prevent and treat the disease, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomed.....»»
The firms making flour from mushrooms and cauliflower
The search for wheat alternatives is being driven by a demand for healthier diets and food security......»»
Punishment, puppies, and science: Bringing dog training to heel
Dog trainers have long relied on punishment as a training tool. Enlarge / Teenager playing fetch with her dog (credit: Anchiy via Getty Images) Three years ago, Valli Fraser-Celin adopted a blonde husky mix puppy, whom she nam.....»»
How to generate AI art with Stable Diffusion on a Mac
An app called Diffusion Bee lets users run the Stable Diffusion machine learning model locally on their Apple Silicon Mac to create AI-generated art. Here's how to get started.Tim Cook standing in a field of wheat.Stable Diffusion is a text-to-speech.....»»
New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite of capabilities
With polymorphic encoding and a multistage infection chain, Shikitega is hard to detect. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers this week unveiled a new strain of Linux malware that's notable for its stealth and sophistica.....»»
Manuka honey could help to clear deadly drug-resistant lung infection, research suggests
A potential new treatment combining natural manuka honey with a widely used drug has been developed by scientists at Aston University to treat a potentially lethal lung infection and greatly reduce side effects of one of the current drugs used for it.....»»
Signaling molecule may regulate proteins in wheat plants
Triggers for food crop growth are complex and new research by South Australian plant scientists is investigating one way wheat responds to common stresses such as poor soil health......»»
Diamonds and rust at the Earth"s core-mantle boundary
Steel rusts by water and air on the Earth's surface. But what about deep inside the Earth's interior?.....»»
Pretreating soil with ethanol protects plants from drought
Ethanol can help plants survive in times of drought says a new study conducted at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan. Led by Motoaki Seki, researchers show that adding ethanol to soil allows plants, including rice and wheat, t.....»»
SARS-CoV-2 has evolved an incubation time more like seasonal coronaviruses
Meta-analysis finds the gap between infection and symptoms has gradually shortened. Enlarge (credit: Getty | picture alliance) The incubation period for COVID-19—the time between when SARS-CoV-2 first infects a person and wh.....»»