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		<title>Arctic snow reveals mercury&#8217;s &#8216;fingerprint&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://futurity.org/earth-environment/arctic-snow-reveals-mercurys-fingerprint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Ross-Flanigan-Michigan</dc:creator>
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In the Arctic, mercury remains in its benign gaseous form through the dark winter, because there&#8217;s no sunlight to drive oxidation and little bromine to catalyze the process. But in polar springtime, that all changes. As sea ice breaks up, water vapor rises in great clouds through the openings in the ice, bringing with it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encyclopedia of microbe genomes: Chapter 1</title>
		<link>http://futurity.org/science-technology/encyclopedia-of-microbe-genomes-chapter-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Fell-UC Davis</dc:creator>
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There are estimated to be a nonillion—1 followed by 30 zeroes—prokaryotic microbes on the planet. About a thousand prokaryote genomes have been sequenced to date, most of them among the small number that cause disease, or that do interesting things such as producing biofuels. &#8220;That&#8217;s like making a map of the world and only mapping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bacteria crank microgears to power machines</title>
		<link>http://futurity.org/science-technology/bacteria-crank-microgears-to-power-machines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Cooper-Chicago</dc:creator>
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Above, silhouettes of several gear designs that could be turned by Bacillus subtilis bacteria. In the video below, watch bacteria turn a pair of microscopic gears. Bartosz Grzybowski says the finding illustrates &#8220;that useful energy can be harnessed from random and otherwise wasteful motions of bacteria.&#8221; (Video Credit: Igor Aronson)
U. CHICAGO—Scientists have discovered that common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Hairy&#8217; microbe spurs immune response</title>
		<link>http://futurity.org/health-medicine/hairy-microbe-spurs-immune-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Klissas-NYU</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Littman]]></category>
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The discovery of a little-known microbe that triggers an immune response in mice lays groundwork for exploring how microbes in the gut protect humans.
NYU (US)—Scientists have identified a bizarre-looking microbial species that can single-handedly kick start the production of specialized immune cells in mice. The finding could point to a similar phenomenon in humans, helping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding chemo&#8217;s collateral damage</title>
		<link>http://futurity.org/health-medicine/avoiding-chemos-collateral-damage/</link>
		<comments>http://futurity.org/health-medicine/avoiding-chemos-collateral-damage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Lawhon-UC Irvine</dc:creator>
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Kenneth Longmuir, left, and Richard Robertson inserted the anticancer drug doxorubicin into liposomes (orange globules shown in background) and attached a protein that targets only the liver. (Credit: Daniel Anderson/UC Irvine)
UC IRVINE (US)—Researchers believe they have developed a way for chemotherapy drugs to reach specific tumors with increased precision, thereby limiting side effects.
In a study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big job for oceans&#8217; tiny ammonia eaters</title>
		<link>http://futurity.org/earth-environment/big-job-for-oceans-tiny-ammonia-eaters/</link>
		<comments>http://futurity.org/earth-environment/big-job-for-oceans-tiny-ammonia-eaters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Roseth-UW</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Willm Martens-Habbena]]></category>

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Archaea were discovered only about 30 years ago and were first thought to exist only in extreme environments like  hot springs, such as the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park pictured above. (Credit: Jim Peaco/National Park Service)
U. WASHINGTON (US)—It&#8217;s not every day you find clues to the planet&#8217;s inner workings in aquarium scum. But [...]]]></description>
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