A New Ancient Branch on the Tree of Life: The “Lions of the Microbial World”
A new branch has been discovered on the tree of life, and it is composed of predators that nibble their prey to death. These microbial…
A new branch has been discovered on the tree of life, and it is composed of predators that nibble their prey to death. These microbial…
According to the study, hospital and laboratory biocontainment facilities are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. A team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine has…
According to a new study, growing up in a big family or living with dogs may reduce the risk of inflammatory bowel disease According to…
As drug-resistant and emerging infections become an increasingly serious global health threat, demand for new types of antibiotics is surging. Researchers are racing to reexamine…
Microbes that safely break down antibiotics could prevent opportunistic infections and reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics are life-saving drugs, but they can also…
Clarkson University Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Ali Boolani is performing research to determine if gut microbiome and metabolomic pathways in the gut could be…
Red snow is a unique phenomenon caused by blooms of red algae that live on the surface of snow. Now, researchers from Japan have developed…
To get through a long winter without food, hibernating animals — like the 13-lined ground squirrel — can slow their metabolism by as much as…
What Is Microbiology? Microbiology is the study of microorganisms that are usually too small to be visible with the human eye without a microscope. Microorganisms…
A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes. Providing seeds with a protective coating that also supplies essential nutrients…
Specialized sugar molecules called glycans can disarm opportunistic pathogens and prevent infection. More than 200 square meters of our bodies — including the digestive tract,…
Any permanent human space settlement will require beneficial microbes. With the recent celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo program’s first landing of humans…
Microbial communities living in deep aquatic sediments have adapted to survive on degraded organic matter, according to a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology and coauthored…
Typically, we don’t think too much about the inner workings of our air-conditioning units, even as we enjoy the relief they bring on sweltering days….
Like our oceans, today’s continents are brimming with life. Yet billions of years ago, before the advent of plants, continents would have appeared barren. These…
Researchers at CU Boulder have discovered microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth. Their…
The expressions “Wash your hands” and “Home, sweet home” have more in common than you’d think. A whole universe more. The value of using soap…
A type of virus that dominates water samples taken from the world’s oceans has long escaped analysis because it has characteristics that standard tests can’t…