News tagged with microscopic bacteria
Geobiologists propose that the earliest complex organisms fed by absorbing ocean buffet
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Aug 19, 2009 |
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Research at Virginia Tech has shown that the oldest complex life forms -- living in nutrient-rich oceans more than 540 million years ago - likely fed by osmosis.
'Genetic arms race' between bacteria, viruses subject of stimulus grant
Jul 02, 2009 |
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The oceans teem with microscopic bacteria that produce much of Earth's oxygen as they absorb carbon dioxide greenhouse gas. But fast-mutating viruses also populate the seas, attacking marine bacteria in an ...
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'Jekyll and Hyde' bacteria offer pest control clue
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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New research at York has revealed so-called ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ bacteria, suggesting a novel way to control insect pests without using insecticides.
Argonne scientists use bacteria to power simple machines (w/ Video)
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University, Evanston, have discovered that common bacteria can turn microgears when suspended in ...
Bacteria mix it up at the microscopic level
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many hands -- or many flagella -- make light work. In studies of the motion of tiny swimming bacteria, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory found that ...
Scientists build 'roach motel' for nasty bugs of the bacterial variety
Nov 24, 2008 |
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The vacancy sign is on, but the lowlifes who check in never check out. Scientists at the University of Florida and the University of New Mexico have created tiny microscopic spheres that trap and kill harmful bacteria in ...
Making more efficient fuel cells
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Bacteria that generate significant amounts of electricity could be used in microbial fuel cells to provide power in remote environments or to convert waste to electricity. Professor Derek Lovley from the University of Massachusetts, ...
Marine bacteria can create environmentally friendly energy source
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Jan 10, 2007 |
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Bacteria in the world’s oceans can efficiently exploit solar energy to grow, thanks to a unique light-capturing pigment. This discovery was made by researchers at University of Kalmar in Sweden, in collaboration with researchers ...
Friendly Bacteria Help with Healthy Soy Diet, Researcher Discovers
Nov 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Soy is a staple of the Asian diet. Here in America, soy is considered a healthy addition to a diet, but sometimes it is not so easy on the stomach. Now, a University of Missouri researcher believes she has ...
'Alien'-type viruses to treat MRSA
Apr 01, 2008 |
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New methods that involve sticking thousands of bacteria-killing viruses to wound dressings are offering ways to prevent hospital operating theatres from spreading infections, scientists heard today at the Society for General ...
Bacteria are models of efficiency
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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The bacterium Escherichia coli, one of the best-studied single-celled organisms around, is a master of industrial efficiency. This bacterium can be thought of as a factory with just one product: itself. It exists to make c ...
Food source threatened by carbon dioxide
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Dec 10, 2007 |
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Carbon dioxide increasing in the atmosphere may affect the microbial life in the sea, which could have an impact on a major food source, warned Dr Ian Joint at a Science Media Centre press briefing today.
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