Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - basic science research /channels/news_feeds/all/term/basic%20science%20research/rss en The surprising Swiss-Army-knife-like functions of a powerful enzyme /channels/channels/news/surprising-swiss-army-knife-functions-powerful-enzyme-342532 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Blue-green algae (AKA cyanobacteria) have a superpower which likely helps them be highly successful as invaders of waterways. They have an extraordinary ability to <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/how-bacteria-create-piggy-bank-lean-times-334147">store energy and nitrogen in their cells</a> for times of need. But how exactly they do so remains only partly understood.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/swiss_army_knife_protein-_for_posting.png?itok=LFktPyhm" width="160" height="100" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 30 Sep 2022 16:24:56 +0000 webfull 183254 at /channels