A simple, automated method of tracking E. coli uses a laser to detect and monitor the microbe in potentially contaminated bodies of water or waterways. The technique described this month in the International Journal of Computational ...
Biochemistry
Jan 14, 2011
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Two Kansas State University researchers focusing on rice genetics are providing a better understanding of how pathogens take over a plant's nutrients.
Biotechnology
Dec 17, 2010
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Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have discovered how catheter-related bacterial infection develops and disseminates to become a potentially life-threatening condition. The study, which included research on ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 6, 2010
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Given the many pressing concerns of the day, fear of plague probably isn't what causes most Americans to lose sleep. But for those whose responsibility it is to combat bioterrorism, plague is among the highest priorities. ...
Biochemistry
Sep 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have designed a toothbrush that cleans teeth by creating a solar-powered chemical reaction in the mouth, doing away with the need for toothpaste.
Prairie dogs, once abundant in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, have been decimated in recent decades by plague - a virulent bacterial disease spread by fleas.
Ecology
Aug 3, 2010
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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.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 24, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team led by a University of Cincinnati researcher has shown how a bacterial community evolves to survive hostile host defenses in the body.
Cell & Microbiology
May 10, 2010
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A team of scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Florida's Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC) have turned an ornamental plant into a tool for combating a bacterial disease ...
Ecology
Apr 26, 2010
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Urgency, cooperation, and persistent management are needed among producers, processors, government officials, and scientists while solutions are developed and implemented to combat the citrus greening disease threatening ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2010
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