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Seawater: memory keeper, energy source, and pollution tracking

Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia
Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia. Credit: Mike McDermid

What can a bottle of seawater tell you about the fish living below?

Classified as: seawater, water, Sustainability, clean energy, Hydrogen, Artificial intelligence, contaminants, pollution, viruses, oil spills
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Published on: 21 Oct 2022

Viruses can ‘hijack’ cellular process to block immune response

Research led by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and Queen’s University Belfast has found that viruses can ‘hijack’ an existing molecular process in the cell in order to block the body’s antiviral immune response to a viral infection.

The results of the study have been published in the journal .

Classified as: viruses, hijack cellular, immune response, Seyed Mehdi Jafarnejad, Nahum Sonenberg
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Published on: 17 Feb 2021

Bacteriophages may play a role in childhood stunting… and be able to help treat it

New research spearheaded by ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ has discovered that bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) found in the intestinal tracts of children may play a role in childhood stunting, a significant impediment to growth that affects 22% of children under the age of five around the world.

Classified as: Stunting, gut microbiota, bacteriophages, phages, viruses, bacteria, Corinne Maurice, Sustainability
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Published on: 12 Feb 2020
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