The world is drowning in a flood of plastic. Eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year. Agricultural soils are also threatened by plastic pollution. Farmers around the world apply enormous amounts of polyethylene ...
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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Humans aren't the only earth-bound organisms that need to take their vitamins. Thiamine – commonly known as vitamin B1 – is vital to the survival of most every living thing on earth. But the average bacterium or plant ...
Biotechnology
May 25, 2018
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In her upcoming thesis at Lund University in Sweden, biologist Elin Videvall shows that the composition of gut bacteria in birds has a major impact on whether their offspring will survive their first three months.
Ecology
Mar 22, 2018
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Biomining is the kind of technique promised by science fiction: a vast tank filled with microorganisms that leach metal from ore, old mobile phones and hard drives.
Materials Science
Jan 29, 2018
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An unexpected source of methane in the environment has been inadvertently discovered.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 15, 2018
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Researchers at Linköping University have studied how combinations of different environmental factors affect the chlorination of organic matter in soils. The results show that the supply of fresh organic compounds, which ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2018
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Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have invented new systems to study the life of microorganisms in the ground. Without any digging, the researchers are able use microchips to see and analyse an invisible world that ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2017
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Terrestrial geothermal systems are like buried treasure when it comes to finding out the origins of life on Earth.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2017
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An investigation of the microbial environment at Laguna La Brava in Chile may suggest that novel microorganisms might be at work in the absence of cyanobacteria, according to a study published November 15, 2017 in the open-access ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 15, 2017
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Researchers from Lomonosov Moscow State University have studied the resistance of microorganisms against gamma radiation in very low temperatures. The results have been published in Extremophiles.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2017
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