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Microbiologists and plant scientists find secret to tackling cholera
While cholera rages across many regions of the world, a team of microbiologists and plant scientists has pinpointed a genetic weakness in the pandemic’s armor, which could lead to future treatments.
The current cholera pandemic began in Indonesia in 1961. Rather than fade away like its six previous worldwide outbreak predecessors, the responsible strain is thriving and actually picking up steam. A discovery, led by scientists from Michigan State University and Tufts University and featured in the current issue of PNAS, shows the key genetic change the seventh pandemic acquired to thrive for more than 50 years.
The interdisciplinary team of scientists reveal the first ever signaling network for a new bacterial signal, cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP), in the human cholera pathogen. The team also identified the first protein receptor of cGAMP as a phospholipase enzyme that remodels the V. cholerae membrane when cGAMP is produced.
Scientists have finally come up with a solution for the world’s most annoying household sound
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have solved one of the world’s most annoying problems: how to stop the sound of a dripping tap.
See astronauts escape from Earth in thrilling launch video
The FIFA World Cup 2018 mascot goes along for the ride, too.
Water use across the US declines to levels not seen since 1970
Reductions in water use first observed in 2010 continue, show ongoing effort towards “efficient use of critical water resources.”
Water use across the country reached its lowest recorded level in 45 years. According to a new USGS report, 322 billion gallons of water per day (Bgal/d) were withdrawn for use in the United States during 2015.
This represents a 9 percent reduction of water use from 2010 when about 354 Bgal/d were withdrawn and the lowest level since before 1970 (370 Bgal/d).
Futuristic ‘sensory deprivation tanks’ make you feel like you’re floating in space
Floating in a sensory deprivation tanks allows you to feel completely weightless.
Tiny washing machine
This is the world’s smallest washing machine.
