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Two proteins compete to give shape to plants

In an elegant choreography, plants take cues from their environment and channel them into flowers, roots, or branches.

13 Oct 2020

Too many genetic exchanges impede chromosome segregation into eggs

The exchange of DNA between chromosomes during the early formation of sperm and egg cells normally is limited to assure fertility.

9 Oct 2020

Study confirms genetic link in cerebral palsy

A research team has found further evidence that rare gene mutations can cause cerebral palsy, findings which could lead to earlier diagnosis.

8 Oct 2020

Manual pollination increases the cocoa yield and farming income

Cocoa is in great demand on the world market, but there are many different ways to increase production. A research team from the University of Göttingen has now investigated the relative importance of the use of pesticides, fertilizers and manual pollination in a well replicated field trial in Indonesian agroforestry systems.

1 Oct 2020

Epigenetic alterations drive late-onset Alzheimer's disease

New findings suggest that late-onset Alzheimer's Disease is driven by epigenetic changes -- how and when certain genes are turned on and off -- in the brain. Results were published today in Nature Genetics.

29 Sep 2020

Analysis of wild tomatoes elucidates genetic basis underlying fruit traits

Domestication and subsequent intensive breeding of tomato had a major impact on fruit ripening and the myriad metabolic processes accompanying it.

29 Sep 2020

Fast, accurate and non-destructive: The new method to analyze food quality

Consumers always look for good quality products, above all in fresh food. But how do we measure the quality of fresh spinach before it gets on the market?

28 Sep 2020

Researchers develop new tools that control the balance of genetic inheritance

In the last 10 years, scientists have designed a range of novel tools that regulate the balance of genetic inheritance.

From UC San Diego 22 Sep 2020

How Artificial Intelligence aids Gene Activation Discovery

Professor James Kadonaga speaks to AZoLifeSciences about his research into gene activation, and how artificial intelligence can help to aid its discovery.

From UC San Diego 18 Sep 2020

Researchers examine micromechanical behavior of plant tissues to improve food production

QUT researchers are working to design faster, cheaper, and better ways to store food. Published in journal PLOS ONE, researchers used QUT's supercomputing facilities to examine the micromechanical behavior of plant tissues and how biological cells behave while dehydrated or dried.

15 Sep 2020

Scientists visualize the exact timepoint when tumor initiating cells became immortal

Worldwide, cancer is the second leading cause of death - in 2018 alone, it claimed approximately 9.6 million lives, or one in six deaths.

14 Sep 2020

Mutant tomato helps to decipher fruiting secrets

It may sound like something out of a science fiction B-movie, but with the help of a mutant tomato, researchers from Japan have discovered that the development process of fruit rewires their central metabolism pathway.

11 Sep 2020

Study elucidates the active role of glial cells in the nervous system

For the brain to work efficiently, it is important that a nerve impulse arrives at its destination as quickly and as precisely as possible. It has been long been known that the nerve fibres - also known as axons - pass on these impulses.

9 Sep 2020

Early detection of soil-surface ozone can prevent damage to apples and grapes

Farmers and fruit growers are reporting that climate change is leading to increased ozone concentrations on the soil surface in their fields and orchards - an exposure that can cause irreversible plant damage, reduce crop yields and threaten the food supply, say materials chemists led by Trisha Andrew at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

9 Sep 2020

Food additives prove to be efficient at controlling bacteria on tomatoes preharvest

When vegetable farmers harvest crops, they often rely on postharvest washing to reduce any foodborne pathogens, but a new University of Georgia study shows promise in reducing these pathogens - as well as lowering labor costs-- by applying sanitizers to produce while it is still in the fields.

From University of Georgia 9 Sep 2020

Fruit News and Research

Two proteins compete to give shape to plants

Too many genetic exchanges impede chromosome segregation into eggs

Study confirms genetic link in cerebral palsy

Manual pollination increases the cocoa yield and farming income

Epigenetic alterations drive late-onset Alzheimer's disease

Analysis of wild tomatoes elucidates genetic basis underlying fruit traits

Fast, accurate and non-destructive: The new method to analyze food quality

Researchers develop new tools that control the balance of genetic inheritance

How Artificial Intelligence aids Gene Activation Discovery

Researchers examine micromechanical behavior of plant tissues to improve food production

Scientists visualize the exact timepoint when tumor initiating cells became immortal

Mutant tomato helps to decipher fruiting secrets

Study elucidates the active role of glial cells in the nervous system

Early detection of soil-surface ozone can prevent damage to apples and grapes

Food additives prove to be efficient at controlling bacteria on tomatoes preharvest

Australia's Generation Z not ready to accept cultured meat

Study reveals gene that provides resistance to tomatoes from bacterial speck disease

Study could help understand how animals use information from environmental odors to guide behavior

Study provides a detailed look at predator-prey relationship between bats and katydids

Study shows how two proteins interact to produce functioning barrier at tricellular contacts

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry: A Deep Dive into Plasmion’s SICRIT® Technology

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