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The microbial fuel cell: electricity from yeast

We all know that yeast is used to produce beer and bread – but electricity? Dean Madden from the National Centre for Biotechnology Education, University of Reading, UK, shows how it works.

 

Why Evolution is True

By Jerry A. Coyne

Reviewed by Bernhard Haubold, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany

Natural selection at the molecular level

We know that particular genetic sequences can help us to survive in our environment – this is the basis of evolution. But demonstrating which genetic sequences are beneficial and how they help us to survive is not easy – especially in wild populations. Jarek Bryk describes some relevant recent research.

Biodiversity: a look back at 2009

In celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, Matt Kaplan takes us on a whirlwind tour through the previous year’s most inspiring discoveries of biodiversity.

Getting ahead in evolution

Lucy Patterson talks to Èlia Benito Gutierrez, from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, about how Èlia’s favourite animal, amphioxus, could be the key to understanding the evolution of vertebrates.

Nuevas piezas para entender el puzzle de las enfermedades genéticas

Sabine Hentze y Martina Muckenthaler hablan con Lucy Patterson sobre su trabajo: detectar enfermedades genéticas y asesorar a pacientes potencialmente afectados.

Um olhar sobre as doenças genéticas

Sabine Hentze e Martina Muckenthaler descrevem a Lucy Patterson o seu trabalho –a detecção de doenças genéticas e o aconselhamento de pacientes potencialmente afectados.

Un oscar in imunologie

V-aţi întrebat vreodată care sunt motivele pentru entuziasmul cercetătorilor? Ana de Barros de la Instituto de Medicina Molecular din Lisabona ne împărtăşeşte cât este de palpitantă cercetarea sistemului imunitar.

Kwas foliowy: dlaczego uczniowie powinni się o nim uczyć?

Eleanor Hayes, Holger Maul i Nele Freerksen starają dowiedzieć się, dlaczego kwas foliowy jest tak istotnym składnikiem diety twoich uczniów – w odniesieniu do ich obecnego życia jak i przyszłego zdrowia zakładanych przez nich rodzin.

Φολικό οξύ: γιατί oι μαθητές είναι απαραίτητο να γνωρίζουν γι’ αυτό

Eleanor Hayes, Holger Maul και Nele Freerksen διερευνούν γιατί το φολικό οξύ είναι ένα ουσιώδες συστατικό στη διατροφή των μαθητών σας – σήμερα όσο και για μια μελλοντική υγιή οικογένεια.

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