Study points to better medical diagnosis through levitating human blood
Floating human plasma helps researchers detect diseases like opioid addictionCredit: UBCO New research from the UBC's Okanagan campus, Harvard Medical ...
Tag: Bacteriology
Eliminating viruses in our food with cranberries and citrus fruit
A team of Canadian researchers is developing a treatment combining fruit extracts and irradiation to prevent outbreaks of foodborne infectionsCredit: ...
Researchers discover new mechanism for the coexistence of species
Credit: AMOLF Researchers from AMOLF (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Harvard University (USA) show how the ability of organisms to move ...
Double success for University drug resistance research
Experts involved in two international papersCredit: Swansea University Swansea University research into the threat posed by antifungal drug resistance has ...
Researchers uncover the moscow subway microbiome
A group of ITMO University researchers found out that bacterial world of Moscow subway system might be similar to that ...
Huge bacteria-eating viruses close gap between life and non-life
Large bacteriophages carry bacterial genes, including CRISPR and ribosomal proteinsCredit: UC Berkeley image courtesy of Jill Banfield lab Scientists have ...
Right beneath the skin we all have the same bacteria
Credit: Lene Bay, the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. In the dermis skin layer, the same ...
New research shows how the malaria parasite grows and multiplies
Credit: The University of Nottingham Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how the parasite that causes malaria is ...
Inner ‘clockwork’ sets the time for cell division in bacteria
Credit: (Image: University of Basel, Swiss Nanoscience Institute/Biozentrum) Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have discovered a ...
Observing proteins in their natural environment
Solvent chemistryCredit: RUB, Kramer By detecting the spin of the metal contrast agent with electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR, in ...
Generalist diet helps invasive crayfish thrive where it’s introduced
The rusty crayfish is not a fussy eater, University of Cincinnati biologists foundCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services An invasive species ...
Fighting against multi-resistant bacteria
Credit: (Image: Mona Alzheimer / University of Würzburg) Developing fundamentally new approaches against multi-resistant germs: This is the goal of ...
Fly model offers new approach to unraveling ‘difficult’ pathogen
Transgenic fruit flies help scientists trace the cascade of symptoms caused by toxic infectionCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego The ...
Understanding gut microbiota, one cell at a time
New genomic sequencing technique enables exploring gut microbiota, one cell at a timeCredit: Waseda University A population of microorganisms living ...
First comprehensive survey of virus DNA found within cancer cells
Credit: Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Researchers from the University of East Anglia have helped to carry out the first ...
Life in dead wood
Credit: (Photo: Elisa Stengel) Waldsterben 2.0 - this term has made the rounds in Germany. It refers to the death ...
Flushing nitrogen from seawater-based toilets
Credit: © 2020 Muhammad Ali A novel salt-tolerant bacterium cultured from the Red Sea effectively removes nitrogen from salty wastewater, ...
Can’t sleep or think clearly? Maybe the culprit is bacteria
Washington State, UMass Amherst researchers receive Keck Grant to study effects of bacteria on brainCredit: UMass Amherst With a $1 ...
Shriners affiliation, fertility research, and microbiome paper
The Jackson Laboratory announces research affiliation with Shriners Hospital, publishes fertility paper in Genes & Development, and publishes microbiome paper ...
Bacteria engineered to protect bees from pests and pathogens
Credit: Alex Wild/University of Texas at Austin Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin report in the journal Science ...