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Biological 'Fountain Of Youth' Found In New World Bat Caves
Scientists are batty over a
new discovery which could
lead to the single most
important medical
breakthrough in human
history -- significantly
... > full story
Antibiotics-resistant Gulls Worry Scientists
Antibiotic-resistant
bacteria are spreading to
and throughout the
environment. The resistance
pattern for antibiotics in
gulls is the same as in
humans, and a new study
... > full story
Tiny Frozen Microbe May Hold Clues To Extraterrestrial Life
A novel bacterium -- trapped
three kilometers under
glacial ice for over 120,000
years -- may hold clues as
to what life forms might
exist on other planets. ... > full story
Unmanned Aircraft Helping Scientists Learn About Alaskan Ice Seals
Scientists have launched an
unmanned aircraft to mount
the vehicle's first search
for ice seals at the
southern edge of the Bering
... > full story
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Methane-producing Molecule Can Also Repair DNA
July 3, 2009 — The Archaea are single-celled organisms and a domain unto themselves, quite apart from the so called eukaryotes (bacteria and higher organisms). Many species live under extreme conditions, and carry ... > full story -
Biogenic Origin For Earth's Oldest Putative Microfossils
July 2, 2009 — Microbes and bacteria were the first living organisms on Earth, and they can be preserved in Archean silica-rich rocks. One such outcrop from western Australia, dated to 3.5 billion years ago, may ... > full story -
King Crabs Go Deep To Avoid Hot Water
July 2, 2009 — Researchers have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab. The results reveal temperature as a driving ... > full story -
Reengineering A Food Poisoning Microbe To Carry Medicines And Vaccines
June 16, 2009 — Scientists have used genetic engineering to tame one of the most deadly food poisoning microbes and turn it into a potential new way of giving patients medicine and vaccines in pills rather than ... > full story -
Bats Recognize The Individual Voices Of Other Bats
June 6, 2009 — Bats use echolocation for more than just spatial knowledge. Bats can use the characteristics of other bats' voices to recognize each other, according to a new ... > full story -
Bacteria And Algae Act As Biocatalysts For Deep-sea Raw Material Deposition
June 4, 2009 — The sea floor is strewn with raw materials that could be very important in the future: Manganese and iron, but also rarer and more precious elements such as cobalt, copper, zinc and nickel, are ... > full story -
Geographic Isolation Drives Evolution Of Hot Springs Microbe
May 28, 2009 — Sulfolobus islandicus, a microbe that can live in boiling acid, is offering up its secrets to researchers hardy enough to capture it from the volcanic hot springs where it thrives. In a new study, ... > full story -
Bacteria With A Built-in Thermometer: How Bacteria Measure Temperature And Thereby Control Infection
May 26, 2009 — Bacteria are experts at adaptation: as soon as they have infected an organism, they adapt their metabolism to that of their host and produce substances which protect them from the body's immune ... > full story -
Asteroid Attack 3.9 Billion Years Ago May Have Enhanced Early Life On Earth
May 20, 2009 — The bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago by asteroids as large as Kansas would not have had the firepower to extinguish potential early life on the planet and may even have given it a ... > full story -
How Crabs That Live In Hydrothermal Vents Reproduce
May 20, 2009 — New observations of the reproductive biology of crabs living around hydrothermal vents help explain their distribution and provide clues about the selection pressures prevalent in these hostile ... > full story
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