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Category: Biology

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Where did all these plants come from?

Posted on May 12, 2022June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

Without plants on earth, we would not be here. But, where did plants come from? Did they suddenly just sprout out of the ground? Scientists…

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    Could quantum dots reduce the cost of indoor farming?

    Posted on May 9, 2022November 8, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Why does this help plants? Plants can capture energy from many colors of light, but they cannot use energy from ultraviolet radiation. By…

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      What if plastic could detect light or clean wastewater?

      Posted on April 25, 2022November 8, 2022 by Gina Misra

      Engineered living materials are composed of both synthetic materials and living cells. They are made in a lab to do things, like respond to…

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        Simulating cancer patients’ organs in the lab to test treatments

        Posted on April 4, 2022March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

        Scientists were able to combine the patient's cancer cells and immune cells in a culture "Petri dish" to simulate the patients’ bodies,…

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          A novel way to detect mutated DNA in blood of cancer patients

          Posted on March 31, 2022August 30, 2024 by Sciworthy

          Scientists test a new way to "type" cancers using a blood test, by irradiating the tumor to make the tumor DNA more detectable in the blood.

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            Can dead fish still pass on their genes to a new generation?

            Posted on March 3, 2022October 24, 2022 by Erica Curles

            Food producers and aquarium enthusiasts alike are interested in preserving rare breeds of fish. Fish such as platinum arowana and large…

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              Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are way older than penicillin

              Posted on February 10, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Remember the classic chases where Wile E. Coyote tries to catch Roadrunner but is often outsmarted? It turns out that bacteria have to…

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                Can traps be an alternative to pesticides in aquatic farms?

                Posted on December 13, 2021June 25, 2025 by Erica Curles

                Using traps to lure parasites away may be a good alternative to pesticides for aquatic farms. But what attracts them?

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                  The connection between puberty, body mass, and nutrition

                  Posted on December 9, 2021June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

                  How does the body connect our nutrition to our development? A receptor in the brain plays a key role in puberty and growth!

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                    Hundred-year-old dirt may be able to help restore damaged desert

                    Posted on December 2, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    Scientists hope to restore biocrusts by transplanting healthy salvaged biocrusts to damaged areas. This method was found to successfully…

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