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Competing for blood: How ecologists are solving infectious disease mysteries

An international team of researchers is shining new light on “co-infections,” infectious diseases that attack the body simultaneously. The findings offer insights for treating malaria and worm infections and can help public health officials disentangle how infectious diseases compete in the human body. (more…)

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Mutter-Kind-Kommunikation

Forscher entschlüsseln, wie Pflanzen durch ein Hormon den Aufbau ihrer Embryonen steuern

Ein internationales Team um den Freiburger Pflanzenbiologen Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux hat nachgewiesen, dass Mutterpflanzen den Aufbau ihrer Embryonen über das Hormon Auxin beeinflussen. Dieses Ergebnis kann dazu beitragen, dass in Zukunft Pflanzen effektiver, zum Beispiel widerstandsfähiger gegen Umwelteinflüsse, gezüchtet werden. Ihre Studie veröffentlichten die Forscherinnen und Forscher im Fachjournal „Nature Plants“. (more…)

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Insight’s Matt Jackson on the exciting potential of an AI-filled future

Matt Jackson has always been passionate about building things: forts as a kid, video games in high school, then software in his early career. Now, as vice president of digital innovation at Insight, he helps others build up their companies. Every day, he and his team construct innovative technology solutions so Insight’s clients and their employees can be more productive, whether that’s a chatbot to update customers on their stock portfolios or an algorithm to help a hospital with staffing. (more…)

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