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How It Works: Growing A Biological Drone To Explore Mars
BiodroneStanford-Brown-Spelman iGEMNASA is working on a prototype drone that will be able to survey Mars from a modest altitude. But what if instead of shipping a drone to Mars, we could just ship...
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Why Does Mold Come In So Many Colors?
Jason SchneiderThe amazing diversity of colors produced by molds and other fungi can vary regionally, says Sara Robinson, a researcher at Oregon State University. Blues and greens are prevalent in the...
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Mushrooms' Spores May Help Bring Rain To Forests
Russula emeta. Spores from a similar mushroom in this genus were used in the study.Dohduhdah [http://bit.ly/1iisQbG], via Wikimedia CommonsFungal spores are all around you. Even now, as you read this,...
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Losing To Win: How Fungi Cause Trouble in Cystic Fibrosis
Source: WikipediaA genetic alteration can lead Candida to form hyphae in Cystic Fibrosis patientsCystic fibrosis (CF) affects about 30,000 Americans leaving them with a variety of symptoms ranging from...
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Fungi Survive Mars-Like Conditions On The Space Station
NASA/Crew of STS-132International Space Station250 miles up into outer space, the International Space Station (ISS) hurtles silently around Earth at about 5 miles per second. Inside, scientific...
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The Bacteria On Your Scalp Could Be Key To Fighting Dandruff
Health Get ready for prebiotic shampoo The specific collection of bacteria that reside beneath your hair could influence how much dandruff you have.
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Should Architecture Take Our Microbial Health Into Account?
Health Let the right bugs in Bacteria and fungi in buildings have a powerful impact on our microbiomes, writes Jordan Peccia, Professor Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale. As our…
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SpaceX Rocket Carries Chernobyl Fungi Into Space
Space The tiniest cosmonauts could help develop a "sunblock" for radiation Some special passengers are riding to the space station inside SpaceX's Dragon capsule, which launched on Monday morning…
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Lichens Can Be Made Of Three Organisms, Not Just Two
Science Fungi and a photosynthetic partner also work with fungal yeast Lichens are all around us, covering that tree on the side of the road or growing on an old building. The ancient combination of...
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Parasitic Fungi Can Fuse A Nematode’s Gut Into One Cell
Science Making it easier to travel and infect new territory Certain parasitic fungi fuse together their host’s cells in order to multiply.
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