A Different Kind of Secret Code – ScienceNOW
“Researchers have invented a new form of secret messaging using bacteria that make glowing proteins only under certain conditions. In addition to being us...
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Device uses leaf technology to turn sunlight into power – The Boston Globe
“The thumb-size black strip looks like a thin magnet. But in reality, it is an artificial leaf, made of silicon and capable of using sunlight to split wat...
Human Excrement to Blame for Coral Decline – ScienceNOW
“Coral reef ecologists have laid a persistent and troubling puzzle to rest. The elkhorn coral, named for its resemblance to elk antlers and known for prov...
Don’t Call It Viral Marketing: The Story Behind Contagion’s Microbial Billboard – ScienceInsider
‘The jury is still out on whether the star-studded viral outbreak movie Contagion will be a Hollywood blockbuster, but don’t blame Patrick Hickey if...
Superbugs Predate Wonder Drugs – ScienceNOW
“It’s a “carefully done study,” adds George Church, a geneticist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. “Non-s...
Mind-Altering Bugs – ScienceNOW
“Hundreds of species of bacteria call the human gut their home. This gut “microbiome” influences our physiology and health in ways that scient...
Your Gut Bacteria Are What You Eat – ScienceNOW
“A large European-Asian consortium brought some order to the chaos when it reported in a Nature paper in April that humanity can be roughly divided into t...
World’s Oldest Fossils Found in Ancient Australian Beach – ScienceNOW
“Brasier and David Wacey, a geologist at the University of Western Australia in Crawley, say they have discovered 3.4-billion-year-old cells, possibly the...
Lager Beer’s Mystery Yeast – ScienceNOW
“Lager may have its roots in Bavaria, but a key ingredient arrived from halfway around the world. Scientists have discovered that the yeast used to brew t...
PLoS Genetics: A Broad Brush, Global Overview of Bacterial Sexuality
“These results have several implications. Firstly, plasmids and ICEs share the same protein families, and should be considered as alternative vehicles for...