Yeast colonies on an agar plate. Image: Rainis Venta [CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons] Researchers at the Babraham Institute and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge have shown that yeast can modify their genomes to take advantage of an excess of calories in the environment and attain optimal growth. The ability to […]

Vineri dimineata, iesirea de la metrou din centrul Bucurestiului, langa Universitate. E putin mai cald in dimineata aceasta si e senin. Trag aer in piept in timp ce sunt pe scarile rulante. Apoi imi amintesc ca acum cativa ani asta fusese declarata cea mai poluata zona. Tot atunci fusesera instalate panouri negre si infioratoare care […]