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Science & Tech News tagged with bacteria

Globalization: Diseases Spreading From Humans To Animals, Study Finds
Science & Tech  (tags: bacteria, humans, transmitted diseases, animals, scientists, investigation, study, discovery )

Simone
- 31 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Globalisation and industrialisation are causing diseases to spread from humans to animals, a study has shown.
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By Manipulating Oxygen, Scientists Coax Bacteria Into Never-Before-Seen Solitary Wave
Science & Tech  (tags: science, Bacteria, E. coli, cells, living system, discovery, research, study, health, humans, interesting )

Dee
- 134 days ago - sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily-(July 17, 2009)- Bacteria know that they are too small to make an impact individually. So they wait, they multiply, and then they engage in behaviors that are only successful when all cells participate in unison.
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Buckyballs Do Antimicrobial Magic
Science & Tech  (tags: Buckyballs, carbon-based nanoparticles, biofilms, biofouling, bacteria )

Kekuhouma
- 264 days ago - sciencenews.org
Biofouling costs the United States billions of dollars each year in equipment damage, contamination, energy loss and medical costs stemming from bad water, according to the Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University in Bozeman.
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Help For Citrus Growers: Citrus Disease Bacterium Sequenced
Science & Tech  (tags: Bacteria, Virology, Agriculture and Food )

Kekuhouma
- 266 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Researchers have a new tool to combat citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), a disease threatening the nation's $2.2 billion citrus industry.
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Bacteria In Ice May Record Climate Change
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, environment, globalwarming, greenhousegases, humans, nature, research, science, world, bacteria, concept, discovery, interesting, news, scientists, technology )

SirRobert
- 331 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Microbial bacteria trapped within sample ice cores, may become a new benchmark indicator for climate change models. This could lead to a better understanding of previous climate changes, and assist in predicting our current situation.
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Honey Effective In Killing Bacteria That Cause Chronic Sinusitis
Science & Tech  (tags: honey, bacteria, sinusitis, Good News, research )

Ingrid
- 423 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Honey is very effective in killing bacteria in all its forms, especially the drug-resistant biofilms that make treating chronic rhinosinusitis difficult.
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Mighty Microbes: Bacteria Filaments Can Bundle Together And Move Objects 100,000 Times Bacterium's Body Weight
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, science, bacteria, microbes, filaments )

Jan
- 587 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Researchers from The University of Arizona and Columbia University have discovered that tiny filaments on bacteria can bundle together and pull with forces far stronger than experts had previously thought possible.
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Alligator Blood May Lead to Powerful New Antibiotics
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, health, humans, antibiotics, bacteria, interesting )

Linda
- 599 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Biochemists in Louisiana found that blood from the American alligator can successfully destroy 23 strains of bacteria, including strains known to be resistant to antibiotics.
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New Bacteria Resist Antibiotics 50 Times Stronger
Science & Tech  (tags: bacteria, antibiotics, health, science )

Ben
- 602 days ago - blogmyway.org
Scientists discovered new type of bacteria that were able to resist antibiotics 50 times stronger than the standard antibiotics. Fortunately, these bacteria weren't built for attacking humans. Unfortunately, these bacteria were closely related to some w
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Ant Guts Could Pave the Way for Better Antibiotics
Science & Tech  (tags: concept, health, humans, research, science, study, technology, antibiotics, bacteria, cell, genes, genome, inhibitors, protein, entomology, medicine )

J.
- 612 days ago - princeton.edu
This work could allow researchers to create new antibiotics against gram-negative bacteria,like E. coli and salmonella,that would destroy these bacteria by disabling the mechanism that produces their protective coating.
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On The Trail Of Rogue Genetically Modified Pathogens
Science & Tech  (tags: Genetically Modified Pathogens, bacteria, DNA, research, science, scientists, discovery, interesting, health, environment )

John
- 619 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Bacteria can be used to engineer genetic modifications, thereby providing scientists with a tool to combat many challenges in areas from food production to drug discovery. However, this sophisticated technology can also be used maliciously,
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Microscopic 'Astronauts' to Go in Orbit
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, nasa, scientists, interesting, technology, space, study, bacteria, disease, infectious, microbes, microbial, organisms, Salmonella, virulence )

J.
- 626 days ago - biodesign.asu.edu
The experiment,called 'Microbial Drug Resistance Virulence' is part of the STS-123 space shuttle Endeavor mission.Cheryl Nickerson, PhD, has been at the forefront studying risks of germs associated with spaceflight to the health & well being of the crew.
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Dirty Laundry, Clean Thyself!
Science & Tech  (tags: science, technology, bacteria )

Ingrid
- 632 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Scientists in Indiana, Wisconsin and Australia have developed nanotechnology-based coatings that clean themselves
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Snow Packed With Bacteria
Science & Tech  (tags: bacteria, snow, research, interesting )

Ingrid
- 638 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Those beautiful snowflakes drifting out of the sky may have a surprise inside--bacteria.
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Bacteria Might Be Used to Make Natural Gas
Science & Tech  (tags: bacteria, natural gas, renewal resource )

Elisabett
- 668 days ago - earthtimes.org
AMHERST, Mass., Jan. 29 U.S. scientists said deposits of natural gas created by bacteria during the last ice age might lead to technology making natural gas a renewal resource. Steven Petsch and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts studied
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