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… helped plants conquer land over 600 million years ago. The Science By studying the genes of land plants’ closest algal relative,  Zygnematophyceae , scientists have enhanced our understanding of how early plants transitioned from … This work was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award (DBI-1652164, …

… Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National … National Laboratory’s National Synchrotron Light Source II, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s … in complementary ways to investigate this protein domain. Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s NSLS-II used …

… genes drive resilience when salinity fluctuates. The Science The Arctic microalga Plocamiomonas psychrophila can … recorded. Samples were taken again at two, six, 12 and 24 hours. By the 24-hour mark, these algae showed significant … increased nutrient uptake and decreased cell death.  Scientists then extracted RNA to analyze gene expression, to …

… it against infections — using surprisingly few enzymes. The Science Maize ( Zea mays ) produces a plethora of antibiotics called zealexins. Even though scientists have identified at least 15 zealexins, they … buck. The research team reports that transferring just four genes encoding these enzymes to another plant, such as  …

… For bacteria, that salty, slightly stinky air is a rich source of the sulfur they need to grow and divide. Similar to … the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National …

… collaboration is available for licensing. The Science In  Nature Communications , researchers describe a … produced by living organisms. The collaboration between the JGI and the Foundry on this project highlights an  ongoing … separating urine from other waste streams and recovering resources that could be used for products such as agricultural …