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5,617 results for: Bacteria

  1. Chemistry

    Energy on Ice

    Recent efforts to unlock a frozen source of natural gas deep under the permafrost and ocean floor have energized prospects for a methane-hydrate industry.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    There’s the Rub: Football abrasions can lead to nasty infections

    U.S. football players who get scrapes and cuts from playing on artificial turf sometimes develop bacterial infections that are resistant to some antibiotics.

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  3. Study casts doubt on minibacteria

    Results from polymerase chain reaction experiments challenge the existence of ultratiny microbes called nanobacteria.

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  4. Giardia Bares All: Parasite genes reveal long sexual history

    Sexual reproduction started billions of years ago, as soon as life forms that have nuclei and organelles within their cells branched off from their structurally simpler ancestors.

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  5. Physics

    Electronic Soup: Molecules in acid broth act as circuit parts

    An electronically promising molecule functions well in acid as a tiny amplifier, underscoring the importance of controlling molecules' electrochemical environments to achieve predictable performance.

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  6. Chemistry

    Microbes craft unusual crystals

    Bacteria dwelling in an abandoned iron mine form unusual crystals that could help scientists look for signs of previous life on Mars.

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  7. Tech

    Novel sensing system catches the dud spud

    A new device can detect a single potato that's infected with bacterial soft rot while buried deep in a storage crate with hundreds of healthy tubers.

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  8. Chemistry

    New champions among corrosive microbes

    Newly discovered strains of bacteria have developed a metabolic shortcut for eating away iron with great efficiency.

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  9. The tree of life, with tangled roots

    Two ancient, rudimentary organisms merged to create the first complex cell, new data suggest.

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  10. Tech

    Growing Expectations

    Biofuels made from waste agricultural plant matter are gaining prominence as new technologies make them increasingly competitive with petroleum fuels.

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  11. Materials Science

    Something to Chew On

    Researchers are closer than ever to making synthetic enamel to improve dental implants and perhaps to grow a whole tooth from scratch.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Pathogenic partners prompt pneumonia

    A study of infants has shown that bacterial and viral pathogens may act together in causing pneumonia, a finding that could affect treatment options.

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