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CBS researchers' yeast experiment opens a window on a critical step in evolution.
A new target for drug therapy could make it possible for natural human antiviral proteins to destroy HIV.
Tim Griffin and colleagues are closing in on a way to use proteins in saliva to detect cancer.
New gene-targeting technique holds promise for treating life-threatening conditions.
David Zarkower's lab has found that certain genes are needed not only to determine gender, but to maintain it.
Melissa Gardner is using her engineering know-how to sort out the interplay between proteins.
A team of researchers led by Jon Foley has created a recipe for globally sustainable agriculture.
Climate Tracker offers researchers a new way to make the connection between weather and climate.
Dan Voytas' targeted approach to modifying plan genomes to be developed by biotech firm.
John Albin, a doctoral student in Reuben Harris' lab, has discovered a clue to preventing HIV infection.
One step closer to making renewable "petroleum" using bacteria, sunlight and carbon dioxide.
One step closer to making renewable "petroleum" using bacteria, sunlight and carbon dioxide
Can we end our dependence on foreign oil?
Susan Jones' latest book is a detective story about anthrax with an unsettled ending
Researchers take a calculating look at how embryos differentiate
How can frogs help us build better hearing aids?
Steve Heilmann may have found an eco-friendly algae-based solution to our energy problems.
Gary Muehlbauer, new head of Plant Biology, studies the genomics of barley, which is primarily used to make beer.
Mark Borrello recounts the contentious history of group selection theory in a new book.
University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler visits CBS during the St. Paul Campus Crawl, part of Inauguration Week, 2011.
Associate Professor Michael Travisano and postdoctoral researcher Will Ratcliff recently replicated the leap from a single-cell to multicellular organism in the lab.
Insect metamorphosis holds potential for better insecticides, clues to human puberty
U of M plant scientist uncovers clues to yield-boosting quirks of corn genome
Environmental tipping points
New test kit detects deadly chemical in infant formula
The next big thing in genomics
The fix is in and both sides win
Robert Sterner discusses the cost of solving the climate crisis
What's the next alternative energy source?
In the ear of the beholder
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