Healthy germs.
Nature takes a second look at the best kind of respiratory infections – the bacteria that fight off the flu: A research team led by […]
microbiology
Germs against oil.
WaPo and Slate give us the scoop on the Deepwater Horizon aftermath. Why was the Exxon Valdez so much more of a mess? Because the […]
Before there was DNA….
That’s what’s still going inside this food-poisoning bacteria, according to Science Daily. Its genetic material is so ancient, it’s older than genes as we know […]
To cure my wife, you want to transplant my *what*?
New York Times gets to the fundamentals of the strange world of microbes-as-medicine: “She was just dwindling down the drain, and she probably would have […]
Germ markets.
Wall Street financiers have more in common with bacteria than you might expect (ahem), PhysOrg reports, based on a new study that shows how microbes […]
Unclean! UNCLEAN!
New Scientist‘s microbiological reporting really makes you scared to ever go in the shower again: “Run your shower for a minute or so before you […]
Alive in the ice.
LiveScience has interviewed some microbiologists who have woken up an alien(-ish) organism from the Greenland ice cap after a 120,000-year nap: “Microbes have found ways […]
Anthrax attacks: Still unsolved.
This is science I take a personal interest in, as someone involved in this stuff. Dr. Bruce Ivins, after being named a “person of interest” […]
Living magnets, shaped like weapons.
Researchers peering through microscopes at ancient mud have found the fossilized remains of a truly bizarre life form: “Imagine our surprise to discover not only […]