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Feb. 12, 2019
Scientists have discovered that the bacteriophage VP882 has the ability to eavesdrop on bacteria by tuning into their signaling molecules ...
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Feb. 7, 2019
Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia resulting from the build-up of certain proteins (amyloid β molecules) in the ...
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Jan. 30, 2019
Most microbes are unable to survive temperatures exceeding 60⁰C. And yet, inside the scorching hot central-heating boilers of American households ...
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Jan. 21, 2019
Scientists have discovered that rhizobacteria help desert plants survive severely arid and saline conditions. This could potentially boost desert crop ...
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Jan. 10, 2019
More and more species of animals are under pressure around the globe. They are threatened with extinction due to shrinking ...
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Dec. 28, 2018
According to current estimates, there are 23 billion tonnes of micro-organisms living several kilometres underneath the ground on which we ...
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Dec. 7, 2018
It's not easy to protect old works of art. The passage of time may damage a canvas as well ...
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Dec. 4, 2018
American researchers have discovered hundreds of new species of bacteria far below the surface of the Gulf of California. There ...
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Nov. 28, 2018
A small sample of dirt from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has yielded a major find. Scientists at Dalhousie ...
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Nov. 6, 2018
ARTIS director Rembrandt Sutorius and Professor Holger Lill, head of the department of Molecular Cell Biology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ...
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Nov. 5, 2018
Antibiotic use appears to have a permanent negative effect on the diversity of our gut bacteria. Even six months after ...
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Nov. 2, 2018
Burying beetles, a genus of beetles that feed on carrion, use the carcasses of small animals as breeding grounds for ...
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