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Researchers looked across many organisms to see that aminotransferase enzymes have evolved … — creating many different ways of processing nitrogen. To boost crops more efficiently in the future, the … National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). He completed this work with collaborators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as …

… in its environment, this alga reveals a remarkable ability to adapt to stress and rapid environmental changes. … of quantity and thickness. Replacing older, thicker ice with younger, thinner ice means more fresh water — and less … express genes involved in freezing resistance, adapting to cold temperatures and tolerating the changing salinity of …

… [subhed -- copy to summary above^ as well ] The Science The recipe for … seems fairly simple: place these algae in a container with access to sunlight, water and carbon dioxide so they can grow, and …

Over the years, hundreds of interns have come to the JGI from all parts of the globe to gain lab experience and contribute to ongoing projects. In one way or another, they’ve all …

Sugarcane was the last major crop without a reference quality genome and now crop researchers can work toward advancing sugarcane biotechnology. The Science Considered the world’s most harvested crop by tonnage, sugarcane accounts for 80% of global sugar …

Jennifer Pett-Ridge of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has your backstage pass. …

Virophages are small viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes that co-infect eukaryotic … Virus)—for the virophage marker gene MCP, they were able to identify 44,221 total virophage partial sequences, including over 28,000 …

… components   The Science There are three main ingredients to tackle when it comes to breaking down a plant for energy: Cellulose, … anaerobic fungi could be used to effectively modify lignin without oxygen and make use of it, it would change the …

United States. They also provided multiple access points to the information. The team harnessed a community-science program to collect samples from across the country to standardize … of water help regulate. However, the microbes also interact with compounds like fertilizers and microplastics that might …

… month – Sneha Couvilion of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Chris Schadt of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and … lead on PNNL’s Soil Microbiome SFA. She serves as Secretary within the Microbial Ecology Section of the Ecological … and resources to best meet the broad base of user community needs. Wilbanks is an Assistant Professor in the Department …

Over 40 percent of the cereal crop’s genes respond to drought stress. The Science Fields of drooping stalks and … earth are becoming common images in many regions due to more extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts … the mechanisms through which sorghum is equipped to deal with adverse environmental conditions, researchers hope to …

… of viruses in the same drop—the vast majority not harmful to humans could be even larger. Viruses infect bacteria, … and they range in particle and genome size from small, to large and even giant. The genomes of giant viruses are on … of 100 times the size of what has typically been associated with viruses, while the genomes of large viruses may be only …