Searching for the silver lining in drinking water disinfection
Pitt Researchers receive $330K to test whether silver modified shower fixtures effectively prevent opportunistic pathogen exposureCredit: Sarah Haig PITTSBURGH (July ...
Tag: Microbiology
Viruses beware: scientists show how bacterial ‘attack dog’ toxin disrupts protein synthesis
Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech A team of Skoltech researchers from the Severinov laboratory and their colleagues have identified the ...
Clemson scientist receives $667K DOD grant to explore developmental disorder
Researchers will explore the cellular underpinnings of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, which is characterized by the growth of benign tumors throughout ...
How do bacteria build up natural products?
X-ray structure analysis gives detailed insights into molecular factoryCredit: Maximilian Schmalhofer and Prof. Dr. Michael Groll / TUM The active ...
Gut bacteria improve type 2 diabetes risk prediction
Large-scale study with more than 4000 participants at ZIEL - Institute for Food & HealthCredit: A. Heddergott / TUM The ...
Work begins on UK system for estimating COVID-19 cases from wastewater
Sewage surveillance could effectively become 'canary in the coal mine' for COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseasesCredit: UKCEH Scientists will ...
Getting a grasp on India’s malaria burden
A method that involves infecting liver cells with mosquito-bred parasites could improve the study of malaria in IndiaCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto ...
Anaplasmosis bacterium tinkers with tick’s gene expression to spread to new hosts
Discovery points to new vaccine target for protection against tick-borne diseasesCredit: Erik Karits, Pixabay For the first time, scientists have ...
How the body fights off urinary tract infections
Credit: Gregor Weiss / ETH Zurich Anyone who has ever had cystitis knows that urinary tract infections of this kind ...
Science snapshots July 2020
Microbial behavior, plant engineering, triple-pane windows, ferroelectricityCredit: Michal Hammel/Berkeley Lab Study Gains New Insight Into Bacterial DNA Packing By Julie ...
A shake-up in cell culturing: Flame sterilization may affect the culture
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that a common practice for keeping microbial contaminants out of shake-flask cultures can ...
UTEP research reveals more about path bacterial pathogen travels to cause tuberculosis
Credit: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications EL PASO, Texas - Biology students and faculty members from The University of Texas ...
Microscope allows gentle, continuous imaging of light-sensitive corals
Credit: Loretta Roberson WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Corals are "part animal, part plant, and part rock - and difficult to ...
Princeton’s Nieng Yan tackles long-standing mysteries about membrane protein structure
Making moves with cryo-EMCredit: Photo courtesy of Nieng Yan Ion channels and membrane transporters are in the business of moving ...
Study reveals key finding about microbiome of anticancer compound-producing marine invertebrate
Credit: Bill Baker, USF Could the cure for melanoma - the most dangerous type of skin cancer - be a ...
USask medical researchers awarded $900,000 to help fight COVID-19
Credit: University of Saskatchewan/Kristen McEwen The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has awarded three University of Saskatchewan (USask) research ...
Dangerous tick-borne bacterium extremely rare in New Jersey
The mystery behind the rise in spotted fever cases continuesCredit: Jim Occi/Rutgers University-New Brunswick There's some good news in New ...
New approach drives bacteria to produce potential antibiotic, antiparasitic compounds
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed a method to spur the production of new antibiotic ...
Why bacterial toxins are ‘fascinating machines of death’
Research finds mechanism by which bacterial toxis evolve ability to cause new illnessesCredit: Mikko Taipale, Roman Melnyk, Jean-Philippe Julien The ...
Carbon cycling in wet soils
Credit: Courtesy of Adrian Mellage Under changing, increasingly dynamic climatic conditions, temperate soils are forecast to experience a high degree ...