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Say hello to artificial bacterium syn-3, now with "swimming" powers thanks to genetic tinkering. Motility—the scientific term for being able to move independently—is one of the most important features for living organisms on Earth. But where cells’ ability to move came from has been a mystery for many scientists. However, new research in which scientists created the world’s smallest moving organism provides one idea of how cell motility came to be.  The study, which was published in Scientific Advances on Wednesday, is the result of a collaboration between graduate student Hana Kiyama, from the Graduate School of Science at Osaka City University, and Professor Makoto Miyata, from the Graduate School of Science at Osaka Metropolitan University. As the authors write in their paper, “motility is observed in various phyla and arguably one of the major determinants of survival.” According to the paper, cell motility is believed to originate from small move...

CNN  —  Aluminum rockets and steel skyscrapers; slick high-speed shuttles and glassy facades: that’s how “the future” has been imagined for decades. But that’s not what Koji Murata imagines. A researcher at Kyoto University in Japan, Murata has been exploring how biological materials could be used in space. Murata wondered if he “could build a wooden house on the moon or Mars,” and decided to test the theory — by creating a wooden satellite. Recent research from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that 10% of atmospheric aerosol in the stratosphere contained metallic particles from spacecraft, including satellites. The long-term impact of these metal fragments is unknown, but scientists are concerned it could damage Earth’s fragile ozone layer. Wooden satellites would be better for the planet while still providing the same functionality as their metal counterparts, says Murata. “At the end of their life, satellites re-enter the atmosphe...

In Celebration of the International youth day 2023, young people all around the world rolled up their sleeves in various acts of service in their communities.  Some of the activities that have been done so far include several visitations and outreaches to the disabled homes, community clean ups and so much more.  Other activities planned include blood donation drives, health awareness campaigns, Dental checkups, donation of free useful books to secondary schools among so many other activities.  All of these between the 11th to the 16th of the month of August 2023

Watch us now              Hurray! the believers loveworld aka Christ embassy  campus chapter engaged yesterday on a 24hrs soul winning outreach across the world. In the campus zone in Parakin,ile- ife,osun state there were amazing responses of recipient of the daily devotional  "Rhapsody of realities". The power of the holy Spirit was indeed present in our midst in the most amazing way.  The outreach characterized the following; Salvation alot of people have their lives to Christ, audiences were granted people were ready to hear the refreshing word of God and lots more.