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Content: Volume 5, Issue 2

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Gaseous heavy metals in the atmosphere of an ultra-hot exoplanet

KELT-9 is a hot blue star in the constellation Cygnus. It has a temperature of over 10,000 K and a mass that is over twice larger than the Sun. It is very luminous (though not visible with the naked eye) and as such belongs to... click to read more

  • Jens Hoeijmakers | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Département d'Astronomie, Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Center for Space and Habitability (CSH), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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exoplanet
atmosphere
exploration
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Reading time 4 min
published on May 14, 2019
The gut microflora helps the effects of dieting

The human body lives in a relationship with trillion of microorganisms, mostly bacteria, that populate every surface of the body. Indeed, according to some estimations, only 50% of the cells that compose our body are human. This interaction is usually beneficial for both parts, as... click to read more

  • Salvatore Fabbiano | Postdoctoral Research fellow at Département de physiologie cellulaire et métabolisme, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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microbiota
adipose tissue
dieting
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Reading time 3 min
published on May 8, 2019
Sleeping bacteria survive antibiotic treatment and hijack the host immune system

Since the 1940s, it has become easier to treat bacterial infections due to the discovery of antibiotics. These drugs work by corrupting active processes in bacteria, such as the ability to make DNA or proteins. By taking antibiotics when we are infected, we kill most... click to read more

  • Daphne Stapels | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Imperial College London, London, UK
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  • Peter Hill | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Imperial College London, London, UK
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bacteria
antimicrobial resistance
antibiotics
immune cells
Views 5268
Reading time 3.5 min
published on May 6, 2019
How did ant-plant interactions evolve?

What are those ants doing? No, over there. Ants are all kind of the same, right? Nope. Ants are diverse - there are actually more kinds of ants than birds. Some live underground, and some use plants as places to hunt for food or... click to read more

  • Matthew P. Nelsen | Research Scientist at The Field Museum, Integrative Research Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Richard H. Ree | Curator at The Field Museum, Integrative Research Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Corrie S. Moreau | Curator at Cornell University, Departments of Entomology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, USA
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symbiosis
insects
flowering plants
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Reading time 4 min
published on May 3, 2019
Machine-learning boosts the conservation of endangered plant species

Pandas, whales, elephants, and lions are extinct. Even though we know that's not true, that could be true in a world in which those species had never been studied and protected, and it is a real threat for many species that are unfortunately not as... click to read more

  • Tara Pelletier | Assistant Professor at Radford University, Radford, Virginia, USA
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  • Anahí Espíndola | Assistant Professor at University of Maryland, College Park, USA
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conservation
Machine learning
IUCN
random forest
artificial intelligence
Views 5134
Reading time 4 min
published on Apr 29, 2019