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5,616 results for: Bacteria

  1. Life

    Bacteria genes offer new strategy for sterilizing mosquitoes

    Two genes in Wolbachia bacteria could be used to sterilize mosquitoes that transmit Zika.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    New rules for cellular entry may aid antibiotic development

    A new study lays out several rules to successfully enter gram-negative bacteria, which could lead to the development of sorely needed antibiotics.

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  3. Ecosystems

    Seagrasses boost ecosystem health by fighting bad bacteria

    Seagrasses might reduce bacteria levels in ocean water.

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  4. Animals

    EPA OKs first living pest-control mosquito for use in United States

    Feds approve non-GM male tiger mosquitoes for sale as fake dads to suppress local pests.

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  5. Life

    This biochemist brews a wild beer

    Wild beer studies are teaching scientists and brewers about the tropical fruit smell and sour taste of success.

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  6. Neuroscience

    Scientists are seeking new strategies to fight multiple sclerosis

    Facing so many unknowns about multiple sclerosis, researchers explore the immune system, the neurons and the gut to fight the disease.

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  7. Environment

    Plastic pollution increases risk of devastating disease in corals

    Researchers estimate about 11 billion pieces of plastic are polluting Asia-Pacific corals, raising the risk of disease at scores of reefs.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    Lungs enlist immune cells to fight infections in capillaries

    Immune cells in the lungs provide a rapid counterattack to bloodstream infections, a new study in mice finds.

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  9. Science & Society

    Launch your imagination with Science News stories

    You don’t need a novel or a movie to escape into what feels like another reality. Just flip through the pages of Science News. The stories will take you to other worlds, as well as inner, hidden ones.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    To regulate fecal transplants, FDA has to first answer a serious question: What is poop?

    Fecal transplants are the treatment of the future for some conditions. But right now, they are entirely unregulated. Here’s why putting regulations in place is so complex.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    50 years ago, antibiotic resistance alarms went unheeded

    Scientists have worried about antibiotic resistance for decades.

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  12. Animals

    In Florida, they’re fighting mosquitoes by meddling with their sex lives

    As an alternative to genetically modified mosquitoes, Florida skeeter police are testing one of two strategies that use bacteria to meddle with insect sex lives.

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