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Bile Acids Are Not Just for Digestion – Professors Phillip Hylemon and Huiping Zhou, Virginia Commonwealth University
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA228 Share Episode About this episodeOver the last two decades, bile acids have gone from being...
New Perspectives on Marine Ecology: Technology Informs Oceanic Carbon Models – Dr Mark D. Ohman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA266 Share Episode About this episodeThe world’s oceans are responsible for absorbing large amounts...
Combatting the Lionfish Invasion – Dr Mark Hixon and Lab, University of Hawaii
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA220 Share Episode About this episodeLionfish are predators that typically inhabit Pacific and...
Buzzing & Blooming, Bee-Flower Interactions in Crop Production – Professor Johanne Brunet, USDA-ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA199 Share Episode About this episodePollination by flying insects is often the forgotten key to...
Greener Pastures, Transforming Land Management Practices in the Cattle Industry – Department of Animal Sciences, Auburn University
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA183 Share Episode About this episodeIn the face of global climate change and challenges to...
The Molecular World of Aphid Feeding – Professor Gerald Reeck, Kansas State University
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA181 Share Episode About this episodeProfessor Gerald Reeck and his team at Kansas State University...
Sub-Zero Survival, Revealing How Plants Freeze – Drs David Livingston and Michael Wisniewski, USDA
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA159 Share Episode About this episodeWatching plants return to life after a spell of cold winter...
Cell Physics, Understanding How Biological Matter Self-Organises – The Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1027 at the Saarland University
Original Article Reference https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA156 Share Episode About this episodeThe Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1027 at the Saarland...
Good Bacteria Gone Bad – Professor Hannah M. Wexler, VA Health Care System
Bacteria within our gut play an essential role in breaking down our food, but when they escape to a new environment some can turn nasty in order to survive. Professor...
Peroxisomes on the Rise – Professor Michael Schrader, University of Exeter
Professor Michael Schrader and his team at the University of Exeter are working to decipher how specialised compartments within cells called peroxisomes are formed and...
More Reasons to Eat Your Greens Boosting Phytochemicals in Vegetables – Dr C. B. Rajashekar, Kansas State University
Many plants contain phytochemicals – unique chemicals that can prevent diseases such as heart disease, cancer and obesity. Dr C. B. Rajashekar and his colleagues at...
Metal Transport Unlocks Routes to New Antibiotics – Dr Albert Guskov, University of Groningen
Metals have been improving our lives since the bronze age, but they also play a key role in keeping us healthy. We rely on numerous metals, such as cobalt, zinc and...