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If a cell runs low on sugar, it stores certain messenger RNAs in order to prolong its life. As a research group at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has now discovered, the protein Puf5p determines whether individual messenger RNAs will be stored or degraded when sugar levels are low. The study published in eLife shows that Puf5p therefore sends the messenger RNAs to a cell organelle where their fate is sealed.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-survival-strategy-messenger-rnas-cellular.html

Using detailed 3-D images, researchers have shown how bacteria have evolved molecular motors of different powers to optimize their swimming.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-bacteria-turbocharged-motors.html

Missouri Botanical Garden researchers used DNA testing to rediscover Dracaena umbraculifera, which was thought to be extinct. The methods and results were published in Oryx. The authors include Garden researchers in both St. Louis and Madagascar.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-botanical-mystery-phylogenetic.html

Newspaper articles, TV appearances and radio slots are increasingly important ways for academics to communicate their research to wider audiences. Whether that be the latest health research findings or discoveries from the deepest, darkest parts of the universe.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-reportedthe-future-society.html

Scientists at the University of Dundee have discovered that E. coli bacteria could hold the key to an efficient method of capturing and storing or recycling carbon dioxide.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-biological-solution-carbon-capture-recycling.html

Everyone is talking about it, but no one actually understands it. Read this and impress your friends by explaining bitcoin.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2018-01-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-n00bs.html