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Choosing your neighbours: MBL scientists see how microbes relate in space
— 15 Feb 2011 16:03 | BiologyLike people in cities, microbes often live in complex communities that contain many different microbial types. Also like us, microbes tend to gravitate to and 'hang out' with certain…
First crustacean genome is sequenced
— 4 Feb 2011 15:43 | BiologyThe ubiquitous freshwater 'water flea,' Daphnia pulex, may be too small to see, but it has amply proven its value as an 'sentinel species' for the presence of toxins and pollutants…
MBL scientists reveal findings of World Ocean Microbe Census
— 5 Oct 2010 03:04 | BiologyAfter a decade of joint work and scientific adventure, marine explorers from more than 80 countries, including six scientists from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), today delivered…
Transition metal catalysts could be key to origin of life, scientists report
— 4 Sep 2010 10:51 | BiologyOne of the big, unsolved problems in explaining how life arose on Earth is a chicken-and-egg paradox: How could the basic biochemicals - such as amino acids and nucleotides - have arisen…
A future with or without trees
— 28 Jul 2010 11:45 | EnvironmentIn some cases, it can be difficult for scientists to see the deforestation for the trees…
Rediscovery: MBL scientists confirm role for mysterious cell component, the nucleolinus
— 23 Jul 2010 09:29 | BiologyWhen searching for long-lost treasure, sometimes all you need is a good flashlight…
Scientists call for a new strategy for polar ocean observation
— 18 Jun 2010 13:50 | EnvironmentIn a report published in this week's issue of Science, a team of oceanographers, including MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) Ecosystems Centre director Hugh Ducklow, outline a polar…
Scientists discover a fundamental mechanism for cell organisation
— 22 May 2009 13:14 | BiologyScientists have discovered that cells use a very simple phase transition - similar to water vapour condensing into dew - to assemble and localise subcellular structures that are involved…
Scientists link influenza A susceptibility to common levels of arsenic exposure
— 21 May 2009 12:47 | HealthThe ability to mount an immune response to influenza A (H1N1) infection is significantly compromised by a low level of arsenic exposure that commonly occurs through drinking contaminated…
Researchers discover a mechanism of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease
— 27 Mar 2009 14:53 | HealthTiny, toxic protein particles severely disrupt neurotransmission and inhibit delivery of key proteins in Alzheimer's disease, two separate studies by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)…