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Science & Tech News tagged with microbes

Census of Marine Life Maps An Ocean of Species
Science & Tech  (tags: ocean, sea, marine, life, species, microbes, blue, whales, sharks, tuna, squid, science, research, interesting, discovery, technology, investigation, environment )

Tom
- 122 days ago - latimes.com
The first comprehensive effort to identify and catalog every species in the world's oceans, from microbes to blue whales, is a year from completion. But early discoveries have profoundly altered understanding of life beneath the sea, senior scientists say
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How Superbugs Control Their Lethal Weapons
Science & Tech  (tags: superbugs, microbes, computer, concept, discovery, GeneticEngineering, health, humans, interesting, medicine, news, NewTechnology, research, science, scientists, study, tech, technology, world )

PinkMindy
- 191 days ago - interndaily.com
A team of researchers at The University of Western Ontario, has discovered some processes that reduce the lethal effects of toxins from superbugs, allowing humans and microbes to co-evolve.
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Ozone Might Help Make Bee Hives Cleaner And Safer
Science & Tech  (tags: ozone, bees, hives, pesticide, microbes )

Jan
- 556 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Ozone, which is already used to sanitize drinking water and swimming pools, might help make hives cleaner and safer for America's beleaguered honey bees.
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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
- 592 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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New Triple-Threat Weapon Needed In War Between Man And Microbe
Science & Tech  (tags: humans, microbes, infectious diseases, research )

Ingrid
- 618 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Humanity's age-old battle against infectious diseases stands to rage on and on, unless scientists develop a new generation of triple-action antibiotics, according to a new article.
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Scientists Develop First Microbial Profiles of Ecosystems
Science & Tech  (tags: ecosystems, microbes, coral )

Ingrid
- 630 days ago - nsf.gov
Microbial profiles serve as the ecological version of the human genome project
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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.
- 632 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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Scientists Find Key to Powering the World With Garbage!
Science & Tech  (tags: climate, interesting, research, green, fuel cell, microbes, biofilm, oil, scientists, study, technology )

Rebecca
- 699 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
Like Dr Emmet Brown of "Back to the Future" fame, scientists now have the power to really power the planet with garbage in an environmentally friendly process. We'll no longer have to rely on the expensive, polluting, and bloodthirsty addiction to end
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Termite Guts May Yield Novel Enzymes For Better Biofuel Production
Science & Tech  (tags: termites, gut, microbes, enzymes, bioconversion, biofuels, biomass, waste )

Eduardo
- 742 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The bellies of these tiny beasts actually harbor a gold mine of microbes that have now been tapped as a rich source of enzymes for improving the conversion of wood or waste biomass to valuable biofuels.
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Alien Life Can Survive Trip to Earth, Space Test Shows
Science & Tech  (tags: alien, aliens, meteorites, spacecraft, experiments, scientists, research, space, Earth, microbes, astrobiologists, Mars, interesting )

Laurel
- 749 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
We could have alien origins, say scientists who sent fossilized microscopic life-forms into space and back inside an artificial meteorite.
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Yellowstone Viruses 'Jump' Between Hot Pools
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, Yellowstone, climate, earth, microbes, viruses carried by steam, research )

Jennie
- 750 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A population study of microbes in Yellowstone National Park hot pools suggests viruses might be buoyed by steam to distant pools. The result could help to answer some fundamental questions about how microbes, and the viruses that infect them...
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The Bugs That Came in From the Cold
Science & Tech  (tags: antarctica, microbes, biology, dna, bacteria, pathogens, evolution )

Shay
- 798 days ago - environment.independent.co.uk
Locked in ice for millions of years, Antarctic bacteria are thawing - and they're alive. So will a prehistoric plague be swimming in a sea near you?
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