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A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among fungi species in a mutualistic relationship. It's a plantlike organism that forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, or trees.
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DEC 01, 2022Microbiology
This exotic new group of fungi includes these odd "earth tongue" organisms / (Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC-BY-SA-4.0)Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2021Technology
Nuclear disasters can be devastating. When these accidents happen, such as Chernobyl in the Ukraine or Fukushima in Japa ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 07, 2021Space & Astronomy
While experts agree that most life on Earth would not be able to survive on Mars, NASA researchers have previously sugge ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 29, 2021Earth & The Environment
Just like eavesdropping neighbors, scientists from Quebec's Université-Laval are peeping in on the shocking s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 24, 2020Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air. ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2022
Microbiology
This exotic new group of fungi includes these odd "earth tongue" organisms / (Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2021
Technology
Nuclear disasters can be devastating. When these accidents happen, such as Chernobyl in the Ukraine or Fukushima in Japa
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 07, 2021
Space & Astronomy
While experts agree that most life on Earth would not be able to survive on Mars, NASA researchers have previously sugge
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 29, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Just like eavesdropping neighbors, scientists from Quebec's Université-Laval are peeping in on the shocking s
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Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 24, 2020
Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air.
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Have you ever heard of biocrusts? No, it’s not a new kind of pizza crust. Biocrusts refer to a group of tiny deser
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Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 08, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Did you hear the story of a fungus meeting algae, and they took a lichen to each other? Well, apparently it’s a pr
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Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 28, 2017
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Some environments on our planet can be extremely unwelcoming and you might be surprised that life is even able to surviv
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Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 13, 2017
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The longest documented human life was that of 122 year old Jeanne Calment, who lived from 1875-1997. That may seem like
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Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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MAR 16, 2016 | 12:00 PM
This talk will provide an overview of Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) chemical imaging as a powerful and versatile method for obtaining information about CNS tissues. By combining imaging a...
MAR 16, 2016 | 12:00 PM
This talk will provide an overview of Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) chemical imaging as a powerful and versatile method for obtaining information about CNS tissues. By combining imaging a...
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MAR 16, 2016 | 6:00 AM PDT
Labroots is excited to present the 4th annual event in the Neuroscience Virtual Event Series. Watch any webcast from the conference any time! Neuroscience 2016 (free to view) aims to help ad...
MAR 16, 2016
| 6:00 AM PDT
Labroots is excited to present the 4th annual event in the Neuroscience Virtual Event Series. Watch any webcast from the conference any time! Neuroscience 2016 (free to view) aims to help ad...