Reverse line
movement is one of the
easiest ways to track sharp money, but we wanted to know how public betting was
affecting the line in Las Vegas, so we spoke with Michael Grodsky from William Hill.
He and colleagues have determined what gives cholera bacteria their curved shape and whether it matters (a polymer protein, and it does matter; the curve makes it
easier for cholera to cause disease), how different wavelengths of light
affect movement of photosynthetic bacteria (red and green wavelengths encourage
movement; blue light stops the microbes in their tracks), how bacteria coordinate cell division machinery and how photosynthetic bacteria's growth changes in light and dark.