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Transition Metal Catalysts Could Be Key to Origin of Life, Scientists Report
September 3, 2010 — Scientists propose that an overlooked type of biological catalyst -- metal-ligand complexes -- could have jump-started metabolism and life itself, deep in hydrothermal ocean ... > full story -
How Bone-Marrow Stem Cells Hold Their 'Breath' in Low-Oxygen Environments
September 3, 2010 — Researchers have identified unique metabolic properties that allow a specific type of stem cell in the body to survive and replicate in low-oxygen ... > full story -
Evolution Writ Small: Physical Effects of Evolution Measured at Molecular Scale
August 25, 2010 — A unique experiment that forces bacteria into a head-to-head competition for evolutionary dominance has yielded new insights about the way Darwinian selection plays out at the molecular level. An ... > full story -
Deepwater Oil Plume in Gulf Degraded by Microbes, Study Shows
August 24, 2010 — A new study of a deepwater dispersed oil plume formed in the aftermath of the damaged BP wellhead in the Gulf of Mexico shows that microbial activity, spearheaded by a new and unclassified species, ... > full story -
Resolving the Paradox of the Antarctic Sea Ice
August 16, 2010 — While Arctic sea ice has been diminishing in recent decades, the Antarctic sea ice extent has been increasing slightly. Researchers provide an explanation for the seeming paradox of increasing ... > full story -
Bacteria Can Have a 'Sense of Smell'
August 16, 2010 — Bacteria are well-known to be the cause of some of the most repugnant smells on earth, but now scientists have revealed this lowest of life forms actually has a sense of smell of its own. A team of ... > full story -
Looking for the Coolest Forms of Life on Earth
August 6, 2010 — Two UK scientists are traveling to one of the coldest places on Earth to help them understand how life could exist on other planets in our Solar System. During their trip to Ny-Ålesund on the ... > full story -
High Levels of Carbon Dioxide Threaten Oyster Survival
August 5, 2010 — It has been widely reported that the build up of carbon dioxide in the air, which is caused by human behavior, will likely lead to climate change and have major implications for life on earth. But ... > full story -
Coastal Creatures May Have Reduced Ability to Fight Off Infections in Acidified Oceans
August 5, 2010 — The ocean is filled with a soup of bacteria and viruses. Animals living in these environments are constantly under assault by pathogens and need to be able to mount an immune response to protect ... > full story -
Bats Facing Regional Extinction in Northeastern US from Rapidly Spreading White-Nose Syndrome
August 5, 2010 — A new infectious disease spreading rapidly across the northeastern United States has killed millions of bats and is predicted to cause regional extinction of a once-common bat species, according to ... > full story
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