Thoughts on completing NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo, as you probably know, stands for National November Writing Month. It’s a crazy-ass month-long 50,000-word writing challenge. I’ve known a...
Category: The Narrative
Teach me: Does Hadoop signal the end of the database?
I am still a novice when it comes to the technical underpinnings of databases and Hadoop. So, I thought it might be useful if I just asked if my thought on the ...
Vampire-like Predatory Bacteria Could Become A Living Antibiotic : Discover Magazine
“What’s the news: If bacteria had blood, the predatory microbe Micavibrio aeruginosavorus would essentially be a vampire: it subsists by hunting down othe...
PLoS Genetics: Identification of Widespread Ultra-Edited Human RNAs
“The traditional view of mRNA as a pure intermediate between DNA and protein has changed in the last decades since the discovery of numerous RNA processin...
Philips – Design Probes – Microbial Home
“The Microbial Home Probe consists of a domestic ecosystem that challenges conventional design solutions to energy, cleaning, food preservation, lighting,...
Philips unveils an elegant ‘Microbial Home’ concept | SmartPlanet
“Although these appliances won’t be manufactured any time soon, lifelike models of the concepts are currently on view at the Piet Hein Eek gallery during ...
PLoS ONE: Barcoded Pyrosequencing Reveals That Consumption of Galactooligosaccharides Results in a Highly Specific Bifidogenic Response in Humans
“Prebiotics are selectively fermented ingredients that allow specific changes in the gastrointestinal microbiota that confer health benefits to the host. ...
An eye for success: Jobs tribute from thankful scientists
“The use of computers in science now may bring images of data-crunching parallel processing and Unix-inspired open-source collaborations, but there was a ...
Rediscovering Bits of 1890s
“”Laurie Cox, a graduate student who works in the lab, held up the test tube with the 100-year-old bacterium. She explained that they can determine ...
Another step forward in the future of anti-microbials
Title: PLoS ONE: Antifungal Activity of Microbial Secondary Metabolites “Secondary metabolites are well known for their ability to impede other microorgan...