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What is there in your computer which is attractive to bacteria and fungi?

The sight of a little warbler feeding an enormous cuckoo chick has astonished observers since ancient times. It was once thought that cuckoos were unable to raise their own young because of defective anatomy and behaviour, and so other birds were onl....

These things are HOT! - and have a variety of biochemical effects.

Chiho describes her important work in looking for varieties of wheat which could help increase food production in arid areas.

Tomoha describes her work in helping preserve this threatened species of plant.

Nao describes her work in investigating the ways in which wheat can be made to cope with the higher temperatures expected from global warming.

Aki decribes her experiments in improving soils using various buffering materials.

How iron powder can catalyse bacterial production of hydrogen.

An interesting look at how the direction of water flow affects shell growth in barnacles.

The cell wall is a crucial structure found in almost all bacteria. It is the target for our best antibiotics and fragments of the wall trigger powerful innate immune responses against infection. Surprisingly, many bacteria can switch almost effortl....

The accidental discovery of this wonderful tool has changed the face of biology.

Intracellular synthesis is immensely fast and complex.