Tag: Microbiology
Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth...
Scott Saleska, University of Arizona; Chris Impey, University of Arizona, and Ghiwa Makke, University of Arizona
From a distance,...
Genomic sequencing reveals previously unknown genes that make microbes resistant to...
Nneka Vivian Iduu, Auburn University
In the 20th century, when a routine infection was treated with a standard antibiotic,...
Out-of-balance bacteria is linked to multiple sclerosis − the ratio can...
Ashutosh Mangalam, University of Iowa
Multiple sclerosis is a disease that results when the immune system mistakenly attacks the...
Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by...
Allan Albig, Boise State University
Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably...
Thin, bacteria-coated fibers could lead to self-healing concrete that fills in...
Mohammad Houshmand, Drexel University and Yaghoob Farnam, Drexel University
Some say there are two types of concrete – cracked...
Flesh-eating bacteria infections are on the rise in the US −...
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing...
Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains...
Jennifer DeBruyn, University of Tennessee
Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important...
Reconstructing ancient bacterial genomes can revive previously unknown molecules – offering...
Christina Warinner, Harvard University; Alexander Hübner, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and Pierre Stallforth, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Microorganisms –...
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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
