Tag: bacteria

In an extremely exciting find, scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark found a  type of bacteria that creates electrical currents on ...

Remember when, in 2010, we told you about a team of researchers which claimed they found a bacteria that feasts ...

In what can only be described as a milestone in biological and genetic engineering, scientists at Stanford University have, for ...

By creating this microbiome catalog, researchers hope to figure out the complex interactions between the countless microbes in our bodies ...

Darwin's theory of natural selection illustrates perfectly what evolution is all about, the survival of the fittest if you will. ...

Researchers studying marine bacteria in the Bahamas' underwater caves, have made some remarkable discoveries which allowed to understand how these ...

We at ZME Science love futuristic designs, but above all we love innovative energy efficient solutions. The latest avantgarde lighting ...

Scientists at London's Imperial College have successfully managed to create biological logic gates, indispensible for the production of electronical devices, ...

Ever since uranium has been mined and atomic bombs have been tested, some areas have had to deal with the ...

The oldest, up to now, fossil has been found recently by a team of Australian and UK geologists, who claim ...

As you probably (and should) know already, symbiosis is a close interaction (often long term) between different species, both of ...

Some species of bacteria can survive virtually anywhere: in acids, in nuclear waste, at extremely low or high temperatures, at ...

We already know about numerous extremophiles, microbes that can live in incredibly extreme conditions, which would easily kill almost every ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a nasty fellow; it can be responsible for a variety of diseases, and it's pretty resistant to ...

Five years ago, an outbreak of a mysterious and deadly disease in central China first started alarming local authorities when ...

With each passing year, science is becoming more and more visual,  and the pictures we get to see are more ...

As I was telling you before, NASA got everybody hyped when they announced a big conference on the topic of ...

According to a newly published study, it seems that rubbing your hands together in a hand dryer actually leaves them ...

Mycobacterium vaccae is a type of bacteria that naturally leaves in soil and has been in the attention of researchers ...

For years and years (good) doctors have warned about the dangers of taking antibiotics too lightly, which generally causes 'bugs' ...

Mankind is screwing up. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is. Not taking care of our natural resources, polluting ...

Just like many categories of people, I've recently been (insistently) offered a free flu shot. I said no. Without going ...

Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA for short) is a thermoplastic and transparent plastic that's called acrylic glass for short. In the not ...

Bacteria have sometimes behaviour that can amaze scientists, by its complexity and efficiency. Salmonella can commit suicide and help their ...