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WSU combines genes from different bacteria to harvest nitrogen
3+ hour, 6+ min ago (330+ words) VANCOUVER, Wash. " Researchers at Washington State University are a step closer to reducing the need for expensive fertilizers on cereal crops by using modified bacteria to harvest nitrogen. Scientists identified genes in rhizobia bacteria that could be moved into other…...
The search for alien life: Inside University of Washington's astrobiology program
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (855+ words) VIDEO: UW researchers looking for alien life SEATTLE " If life exists elsewhere in the universe, researchers at the University of Washington are finding the clues on Earth to help understand where to look for it. For 25 years, the program has…...
Your phone rings, and it's a number from Sweden. Do you answer? A Nobel Prize winner didn't
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (244+ words) BERLIN " For some Nobel Prize winners this year, the news came with a knock at the door before dawn. For others, it was a long-awaited phone call honoring a discovery made decades ago. One of the medicine prize winners, meanwhile,…...