Extreme Survival News

Posted March 9, 2011:

• How Tuberculosis Bacteria Manage to Survive Inside Body’s Macrophage Cells

Posted March 8, 2011:

• The Case for a Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event

Posted March 4, 2011:

• Environmental Impact of Animal Waste: Disposal of Animal Waste in Large-Scale Swine Production Examined

Posted March 3, 2011:

• Sea-Ice Algae Can Engineer Ice to Its Advantage Using Own Antifreeze
• Food Forensics: DNA Links Habitat Quality to Bat Diet

Posted March 2, 2011:

• Bacteria Can Communicate With Each Other Through Nanotubes, Researchers Discover

Posted March 1, 2011:

• New 'Thermometer' Helps Scientists Accurately Measure Rock Formation

Posted February 28, 2011:

• Climate Change Causing Demise of Lodgepole Pine in Western North America
• A New Vessel for the Arctic

Posted February 24, 2011:

• Planet Earth: Missing Chromium Is Clue to Planet Formation
• Cod Fish With Mini-Thermometers

Posted February 23, 2011:

• New High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery 'Top Candidate' for Electric Cars

Posted February 22, 2011:

• Texas Leafcutter Ants Aided, but Also Limited, by Cold-Tolerant Fungus Crops, Research Shows

Posted February 19, 2011:

• The World’s Oldest Water?

Posted February 17, 2011:

• Oxygen Levels in the Air Do Not Limit Plant Productivity, Researchers Find

Posted February 16, 2011:

• Iceland Volcano Drilling Suggests Magma Could Become Source of High-Grade Energy
• Organic Vs. Conventional Farming: No Clear Answers from Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria Counts

Posted February 15, 2011:

• Medieval Baltic Sea Severely Affected by Oxygen Depletion

Posted February 14, 2011:

• Culling Can't Control Deadly Bat Disease, Mathematical Model Shows
• Deep-Sea Volcanic Vents Discovered in Chilly Waters of Southern Ocean

Posted February 9, 2011:

• Understanding Patterns of Seafloor Biomass

Posted February 8, 2011:

• Single-Cell Marine Predator's Unique Survival Mechanisms Revealed

Posted February 3, 2011:

• Death in the Bat Caves: Disease Wiping out Hibernating Bats

Posted February 2, 2011:

• Earth's Life Support Systems Discussed in an Open-Access Special Issue

Posted February 1, 2011:

• High Arctic Avian Athlete Gives Lessons About Animal Welfare

Posted January 31, 2011:

• Fewer Bats Carry Rabies Than Thought

Posted January 28, 2011:

• Bugs Might Convert Biodiesel Waste Into New Fuel

Posted January 27, 2011:

• Gene 'Relocation' Key to Most Evolutionary Change in Bacteria

Posted January 26, 2011:

• 'Hidden Plumbing' Helps Slow Greenland Ice Flow: Hotter Summers May Actually Slow Down Flow of Glaciers
• How Pathogenic Bacteria Hide Inside Host Cells

Posted January 24, 2011:

• 'Social-IQ Score' for Bacteria Developed

Posted January 21, 2011:

• New Melt Record for Greenland Ice Sheet: 'Exceptional' Season Stretched Up to 50 Days Longer Than Average

Posted January 19, 2011:

• Like Humans, Amoebae Pack a Lunch Before They Travel

Posted January 12, 2011:

• Natural Dissolved Organic Matter Plays Dual Role in Cycling of Mercury

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Loss of Arctic Ice May Promote Hybrid Marine Mammals
• Tiny 3-D Images Shed Light on Origin of Earth's Core

Posted December 15, 2010:

• Plasma Therapy: An Alternative to Antibiotics?

Posted December 14, 2010:

• Tubeworms Colony Discovered Off Cyprus

Posted December 13, 2010:

• Bering Sea Was Ice-Free and Full of Life During Last Warm Period, Study Finds

Posted December 9, 2010:

• Bering Sea Chill Yields Fatter Plankton, Pollock Diet Changes

Posted December 7, 2010:

• Life Found Thriving in Porous Rock Deep Beneath the Seafloor

Posted December 6, 2010:

• Fleshing out the Life Histories of Dead Whales
• Learning the Language of Bacteria

Posted December 2, 2010:

• Do Our Bodies' Bacteria Play Matchmaker?

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Will This Be the End of 'Hamburger Disease?'

Posted November 26, 2010:

• Iron Compounds Synthesized to Combat Tuberculosis

Posted November 24, 2010:

• Can Cacti 'Escape' Underground in High Temperatures? How a Certain Species Will Potentially Handle Global Warming

Posted November 22, 2010:

• Fighting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria by Treating Municipal Wastewater at Higher Temperatures
• Researchers Kick-Start Ancient DNA

Posted November 19, 2010:

• Busy Microbial World Discovered in Deepest Ocean Crust Ever Explored

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