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Working as a Team, Bacteria Spin Gears
One bacterium, working alone, can’t accomplish much. But put a bunch of them together, and they can move mountains. Researchers harnessed the collective swimming behavior of bacteria to turn these tin… more →
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Working as a Team, Bacteria Spin Gears
ab wrote 21 hours ago: One bacterium, working alone, can’t accomplish much. But put a bunch of them together, and they can … more →
President's blog - the forthcoming ballot and ACAS
leedsucu wrote 4 days ago: Notice of Intention to Ballot Following decisions made by very well attended Emergency UCU meetings … more →
Faculty of Biological Sciences: UCU annotated version of news release
leedsucu wrote 1 week ago: click on image to view annotated web page Many employees in the Faculty of Biological Sciences, and … more →
Biology Education Students Learning to use Grand Rapids Public Museum
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grcctoday wrote 1 month ago: These photos come from GRCC Biology Education Professors Sarah Krajewski and Laurie Foster and depic … more →
Biological Sciences Engages K-12 Students in Physiology
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grcctoday wrote 1 month ago: The Biological Sciences lab was alive with activity this past Saturday as we welcomed 24 students (a … more →
Cell Death Occurs In Same Way In Plants And Animals
ab wrote 2 months ago: In both plant and animal cells that undergo programmed cell death, the protein TUDOR-SN is broken do … more →
Seeing Blue: Fish Vision Discovery Makes Waves In Evolutionary Biology
ab wrote 2 months ago: The scabbardfish (Lepidopus fitchi) is now the only fish known to have switched from ultraviolet to … more →
The Wonderful World of the Teeny-Tiny
ab wrote 2 months ago: Microscopic Photography There are millions of photo competitions. But very few of them deal with obj … more →
To Be Determined
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Andria Peters wrote 2 months ago: Girl or boy? It’s the seemingly simple question asked of many parents-to-be, but the answer is a bit … more →
A Neuron's Obsession Hints at Biology of Thought
ab wrote 2 months ago: Brain Cells Are Discovered That Only Respond to Certain Celebrities; One May Worship Homer Simpson b … more →
Canadian researchers make breast cancer breakthrough
ab wrote 2 months ago: Researchers and co-authors Sam Aparicio, right, head of the B.C. Cancer Agency Dept. of Breast and M … more →
Gene That Regulates Breast Cancer Metastasis Identified
ab wrote 2 months ago: Researchers at The Wistar Institute have identified a key gene (KLF17) involved in the spread of bre … more →
'Closed Heart Surgery': Scientists Jump-start The Heart By Gene Transfer
ab wrote 2 months ago: Human heart. Scientists from the Universities of Michigan and Minnesota show in a research report pu … more →
Three Win Nobel for Ribosome Research
ab wrote 2 months ago: From left, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England … more →
New Mathematical Model Suggests How The Brain Might Stay In Balance
ab wrote 2 months ago: The human brain is made up of 100 billion neurons — live wires that must be kept in delicate balance … more →
Self-Destructive Behavior in Cells May Hold Key to a Longer Life
ab wrote 2 months ago: Deep down, we are all cannibals. Our cells are perpetually devouring themselves, shredding their own … more →
DNA sequencing in a holey new way
ab wrote 2 months ago: _____ DNA molecules will be held in place by tiny voltages within the nanohole IBM will announce on … more →
The BBC's Not Great On History, Either...
Journopig wrote 2 months ago: Some reporting about history fails even the remedial level test. The BBC News website has a story ab … more →
Launching Butterflies With Dr. Matt Douglas
grcctoday wrote 3 months ago: This weekend, GRCC Biological Sciences professor Dr. Matt Douglas will lead a program to tag and rel … more →
