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5,618 results for: Bacteria

  1. Health & Medicine

    Sugars in breast milk may fight harmful bacteria directly

    A small study finds that the sugars present in some women’s breast milk may fight potentially harmful bacteria.

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  2. Microbes

    This plastic-gobbling enzyme just got an upgrade

    Scientists tweaked a bacterial enzyme and made it more efficient in breaking down plastics found in polyester and plastic bottles.

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  3. Health & Medicine

    Step away from the cookie dough. E. coli outbreaks traced to raw flour

    Flour, though low in moisture, can sicken people with E. coli toxins if it is eaten raw.

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  4. Life

    Leprosy lurks in armadillos in Brazil’s Amazon

    Armadillos in the Brazilian Amazon are often infected with leprosy, which they may pass to people.

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  5. Life

    Gut fungi might be linked to obesity and inflammatory bowel disorders

    Fungi are overlooked contributors to health and disease.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Add penis bacteria to the list of HIV risk factors

    Certain bacteria found on the penis raise the risk of HIV infection, a new study finds.

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  7. Life

    Scientists spy on the secret inner life of bacteria

    New images reveal the inner workings of bacteria.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Scientists successfully transplant lab-grown lungs into pigs

    Pigs implanted with lab-grown lungs recovered from surgery with no breathing problems.

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  9. Chemistry

    Chong Liu one-ups plant photosynthesis

    Chong Liu mixes bacteria and inorganics into systems that can generate clean energy better than a leaf.

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  10. Materials Science

    A new plastic film glows to flag food contaminated with dangerous microbes

    Plastic patches that glow when they touch some types of bacteria could be built into food packaging to reduce the spread of foodborne illness.

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  11. Life

    KC Huang probes basic questions of bacterial life

    A physicist by training, Kerwyn Casey Huang tries to understand cell shape, movement and growth.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Microbes hobble a widely used chemo drug

    Bacteria associated with cancer cells can inactivate a chemotherapy drug.

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