News tagged with microbes
Related topics: bacteria , proceedings of the national academy of sciences , immune system , microorganisms , fungi
Researchers demonstrating low-energy remediation with patented microbes
Using funding provided under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory has launched a demonstration project near one of the Savannah River ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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One bacterium brings on the T cells
How exactly do the countless microbes that call our bodies "home" help us to maintain healthy immune systems?
Jan 31, 2011 |
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How now, inside the cow: Nearly 30,000 novel enzymes for biofuel production improvements
Cows eat grass -- this has been observed for eons. From this fibrous diet consisting mainly of the tough to degrade plant cell wall materials cellulose and hemicellulose, substances of no nutritional value ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Microbe processes carbon via new metabolic pathway
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Dead Sea microbe has been found to use a previously unknown metabolic pathway to metabolize fats as a source of carbon to synthesize carbohydrates. This suggests there may be other undiscovered pathways ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
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Scientists sequence gut microbes of premature infant
Scientists have for the first time sequenced and reconstructed the genomes of most of the microbes in the gut of a premature newborn and documented how the microbe populations changed over time.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Natural dissolved organic matter plays dual role in cycling of mercury
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature has a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde relationship with mercury, but researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have made a discovery that ultimately could help ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Researchers brave icy waters to study Arctic food web
For thousands of years, Inupiat Eskimos have relied on the bounty of nearby coastal waters for their survival along Alaska's far northern shoreline.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Discovering how microbes cooperate
Ever wonder what microorganisms do on a Saturday night? In professor Derek Lovley's lab at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, doctoral candidate Zarath Summers and her colleagues made a point to find out. In the process, ...
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Bacteria and fungi keep some ancient Australian rock art colors vivid
(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies of 80 Bradshaw rock art works in the Kimberley region of Western Australia have shown their colors have not faded because the artworks are coated with a biofilm of bacteria and ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Scientists decipher 3 billion-year-old genomic fossils
(PhysOrg.com) -- About 580 million years ago, life on Earth began a rapid period of change called the Cambrian Explosion, a period defined by the birth of new life forms over many millions of years that ultimately ...
Dec 19, 2010 |
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Conn. company's stuffed germ toys catching on
(AP) -- Jim Henson's Muppets made pigs and frogs endearing, and Walt Disney turned a common rodent into a cultural icon.
Dec 19, 2010 |
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Study reveals major shift in how eczema develops
Like a fence or barricade intended to stop unwanted intruders, the skin serves as a barrier protecting the body from the hundreds of allergens, irritants, pollutants and microbes people come in contact with every day. In ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 17, 2010 |
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NASA's arsenic life-form scientist answers critics
The NASA-funded scientist whose discovery of a bacterium that thrives on arsenic prompted an avalanche of criticism responded Thursday with a statement answering questions about her research. ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Tactics to safeguard catfish and tilapia fillets from foodborne pathogens explored
(PhysOrg.com) -- On a chilly winter night, quick and easy-to-prepare broiled catfish or tilapia fillets -- seasoned with ginger and garlic -- might make a tasty and satisfying choice for your evening meal. ...
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Seaweed as biofuel? Metabolic engineering makes it a viable option
Is red seaweed a viable future biofuel? Now that a University of Illinois metabolic engineer has developed a strain of yeast that can make short work of fermenting galactose, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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