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Poultry Probiotic Cuts Its Coat to Beat Bad Bacteria
March 27, 2013 A strain of probiotic bacteria that can fight harmful bacterial infections in poultry has the ability to change its coat, according to new findings. The probiotic is currently being taken forward ... > full story -
How Microbes Survive at Bare Minimum: Archaea Eat Protein
March 27, 2013 Beneath the ocean floor is a desolate place with no oxygen and sunlight. Yet microbes have thrived in this environment for millions of years. Scientists have puzzled over how these microbes survive, ... > full story -
Clean Electricity from Bacteria? Researchers Make Breakthrough in Race to Create 'Bio-Batteries'
March 25, 2013 Scientists have made an important breakthrough in the quest to generate clean electricity from bacteria. New findings show that proteins on the surface of bacteria can produce an electric current by ... > full story -
Other Stomach Microbiota Modulate Resistance to H. Pylori-Driven Ulcers
March 25, 2013 Mice with different naturally occurring stomach bacteria have distinct susceptibilities to disease caused by Helicobacter pylori, the well-known cause of ulcers in humans, according to a new study. ... > full story -
Climate Models Are Not Good Enough, Researcher Argues
March 25, 2013 Only a few climate models were able to reproduce the observed changes in extreme precipitation in China over the last 50 ... > full story -
For Polar Bears, It's Survival of the Fattest
March 19, 2013 One of the most southerly populations of polar bears in the world – and the best studied – is struggling to cope with climate-induced changes to sea ice, new research reveals. Based on ... > full story -
Human Microbe Study Provides Insight Into Health, Disease
March 18, 2013 Microbes from the human mouth are telling scientists something about periodontitis and more after they cracked the genetic code of bacteria linked to the ... > full story -
Ten Times More Hurricane Surges in Future, New Research Predicts
March 18, 2013 How much worse will the frequency of extreme storm surges get as temperatures rise in the future? How many extreme storm surges like that from Hurricane Katrina, which hit the U.S. coast in 2005, ... > full story -
Computer Models Show How Deep Carbon Could Return to Earth's Surface
March 18, 2013 Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are helping geochemists understand how carbon might be recycled from hundreds of miles below the Earth's ... > full story -
Antarctica's First Whale Skeleton Found With Nine New Deep-Sea Species
March 18, 2013 Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in the sea depths. The discovery was made almost a mile below the ... > full story
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