A Canadian study of 746 babies found that exposure to furry pets before and after birth was linked…
Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria spent 40 years developing treatments that use bacteria…
Brazilian microbiologist Mariangela Hungria spent 40 years developing treatments that use bacteria…
Firm foods like carrots or hard cheese can sometimes be saved by cutting at least 2.5 centimetres…
Firm foods like carrots or hard cheese can sometimes be saved by cutting at least 2.5 centimetres…
Researchers studied 215 bacterial strains from the Phoenix mission cleanroom and found 53 strains…
Researchers studied 215 bacterial strains from the Phoenix mission cleanroom and found 53 strains…
Rutgers researchers tested the famous five-second rule and found that dropped food can pick up…
Rutgers researchers tested the famous five-second rule and found that dropped food can pick up…
Harvard researchers used CRISPR to store black-and-white images and a tiny movie inside living…
Harvard researchers used CRISPR to store black-and-white images and a tiny movie inside living…
About 2.4 billion years ago, oxygen-making bacteria changed Earth forever. Their oxygen poisoned…
About 2.4 billion years ago, oxygen-making bacteria changed Earth forever. Their oxygen poisoned…
In Denmark, scientists discovered cable bacteria in seabed mud that work like living electrical…
In Denmark, scientists discovered cable bacteria in seabed mud that work like living electrical…
Bacteria are becoming more tolerant…
Bacteria are becoming more tolerant of hand sanitizers, but that regular hand washing with soap is a solution: “It’s the physical action of lifting and moving them off your skin, and letting them run down the drain”
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In a 2005 NASA study, scientists…
In a 2005 NASA study, scientists successfully revived bacteria that had been in a frozen pond in Alaska for 32,000 years. The microbes had been frozen since when woolly mammoths still roamed the Earth. Once the ice melted, they began swimming around, unaffected, and quickly became infectious.
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