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How antibiotic resistance persists thanks to selfish genetic elements

Parts of the genetic information of many microorganisms are located on so-called plasmids. These are genetic elements which consist of a single DNA ring, and…

Marine oil snow

If you were able to stand on the bottom of the seafloor and look up, you would see flakes of falling organic material and biological debris cascading down the…

Magnetism discovered in the Earth’s mantle

The huge magnetic field which surrounds the Earth, protecting it from radiation and charged particles from space – and which many animals even use for…

Climate driving new right whale movement

New research connects recent changes in the movement of North Atlantic right whales to decreased food availability and rising temperatures in Gulf of Maine's…

New study finds distinct microbes living next to corals

A new study from scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has begun to describe and catalogue microbes that live just a few centimeters…

New study shows: Tropical corals reflect ocean acidification

Through use of fossil fuels and deforestation, humans cause a steady increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Oceans are regarded as CO2 reservoirs,…

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