Bacteria may be wiring up the soil
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Researchers have claimed that soil bacteria can form networks of tiny wires linking individual bacterial cells into a web-like electrical circuit, which allows them to get rid of electrons generated during metabolism.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Cellular memory hints at the origins of intelligence
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Several studies and researches are being conducted to show that every organism exhibits neuronal activities. The cellular memory present in them proves their intelligence and ability to receive, interpret and adjust.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2008
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Designs for life
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The latest innovation to transplant an entire genome between species that converts one species into another opens new concepts for synthetic biology and life science.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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