Marine Maladies

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From the Earth's oceans

Meet some of the people featured in the July 2016 issue of The Scientist.

Marine pathogens flourish in oceans that are warmer and more acidic.

Human Genome Project-Write; viruses are alpha predators; Zika and the Olympics

There’s a right way and a wrong way to boost the statistical sensitivity of this type of clinical studies.

Techniques for determining which genes or genetic variants are truly detrimental

Moses Harvey’s photograph brought the mysterious creature out of legend and into science.

Scientists who study the lifestyle disorder must do a better job of incorporating political and social science into their work.

In today’s data-heavy research environment, wet-lab scientists can benefit from new computational skills.

Watching the decomposition of pig carcasses anchored to the seafloor is helping forensic researchers understand what to expect of human remains dumped in the ocean.

New research suggests that raising kids in a dual-language environment might be better for their verbal development than previously realized.
 

Researchers detail the major factors shaping the microbiomes that surround us while we work.

As technology takes science deeper into the world’s oceans, researchers are discovering reef systems far from warm, shallow tropical waters.

The catalytic domain of an RNA-editing enzyme is fused with RNA-binding proteins.

Researchers discover acetogenesis in archaea, suggesting an important role for these little-studied organisms in generating organic carbon below the seafloor.

An experimental evolution study shows that more cheaters arise when bread mold fungal cells are less related to one another.

Taxonomic differences in bacterioplankton amino acid uptake

The University of St. Andrews behavioral ecologist studies the social structures and behaviors of whales and dolphins, recording and analyzing their acoustic communications.

The UC Davis oceanographer reconstructs ancient climate and studies the present impacts of global warming in an attempt to stave off environmental damage.

In the planet’s warming and acidifying oceans, species from corals to lobsters and fish are succumbing to pathogenic infection.