News tagged with microbial
Friendly viruses in the intestine are unique - even among identical twins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many people associate viruses with disease. But a largely unexplored world of viruses make their home in the lower intestine, and new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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How fast can microbes break down oil washed onto Gulf beaches?
A new Florida State University study is investigating how quickly the Deepwater Horizon oil carried into Gulf of Mexico beach sands is being degraded by the sands' natural microbial communities, and whether ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Can one-time tillage improve no-till?
A one-time tillage has no adverse effects on yield or soil properties on no-till land, according to field research conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Although tillage is another expense for farmers and generally ...
Jun 28, 2010 |
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Researchers develop living, breathing human lung-on-a-chip (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston have created a device that mimics a living, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Study uses genetic approach to manipulate microbes in gut
We are what we eat, but who are "we"? New, high-powered genomic analytical techniques have established that as many as 1,000 different single-celled species coexist in relative harmony in every healthy human gut.
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Babies' first bacteria depend on birthing method, says new study
A new study indicates different delivery methods of newborn babies has a big effect on the types of microbial communities they harbor as they emerge into the world, findings with potential implications for ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 21, 2010 |
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New research into the deep ocean floor yields promising results for microbiologists
Research by a small group of microbiologists is revealing how marine microbes live in a mysterious area of the Earth: the realm just beneath the deep ocean floor. The ocean crust may be the largest biological reservoir on ...
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Does pasture irrigation increase groundwater contamination?
Concern about microbial contamination of groundwater from foraging dairy cows has increased as spray irrigation practices in New Zealand have increased over the years. Bacteria capable of living in both animals ...
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Biofuel cell retrieves copper
(PhysOrg.com) -- Producing energy and recovering copper from waste water at the same time: this is what Wageningen University environmental technologists are doing with their new microbial fuel cell.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Data acquisition and coordination key to human microbiome project
At birth, your body was 100-percent human in terms of cells. At death, about 10-percent of the cells in your body will be human and the remaining 90-percent will be microorganisms. That makes you a "supraorganism," ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Drilling Down into Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix lander revealed water ice mere inches beneath the martian surface, and chemical evidence from the landing site strongly hints that the region is habitable. But learning whether ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Could life survive on Mars? Yes, microbiologist says
Researchers at McGill's department of natural resources, the National Research Council of Canada, the University of Toronto and the SETI Institute have discovered that methane-eating bacteria survive in a ...
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Study finds vaginal microbes vary among healthy women
The delicate balance of microbes in the vagina can vary greatly between healthy women, according to a new study led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute for Genome Sciences. Researchers hope further ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Microbe power as a green means to hydrogen production
Scientists have been hard at work harnessing the power of microbes as an attractive source of clean energy. Now, Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University researcher Dr. Prathap Parameswaran and his ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Microbes answer more questions collectively
Studying whole microbial communities rather than individual micro-organisms could help scientists answer fundamental questions such as how ecosystems respond to climate change or pollution, says Dr Jack Gilbert writing in ...
May 26, 2010 |
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