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5,617 results for: Bacteria

  1. Life

    Dietary changes affect gut microbes within a day

    Menu restricted to meat, egg and cheese alters bacterial mix more than eating only plants.

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  2. Oceans

    Feedback

    Readers discuss oil spills, the dangers of fracking and what teams need to succeed on long space missions.

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  3. Genetics

    Organism with artificial DNA alphabet makes its debut

    Using DNA molecules other than A, C, G and T, scientists have created the first living organism with an expanded genetic alphabet.

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  4. Microbes

    The vast virome

    When it comes to the microbiome, bacteria get all the press. But virologists are starting to realize that their subjects also do a lot more than make people sick.

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  5. Life

    Year in Review: Your body is mostly microbes

    Microbiome results argue for new view of animals as superorganisms.

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  6. Microbes

    Me and my microbiome

    Tina Hesman Saey tries out new services offering clients a peek at their own bacteria.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Unsolved drugs

    Long thought to launch precision attacks against bacteria, antibiotics may also cause lethal collateral damage, according to a controversial theory. Exploring how these compounds kill may reveal new ways to fight antibiotic resistance.

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  8. Materials Science

    ‘Stuff Matters’ explores the science behind everyday objects

    Author Mark Miodownik explores why everyday materials look and behave the way they do.

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  9. Agriculture

    Probiotics may protect piglets from E. coli infection

    Beneficial bacteria could replace antibiotics in pig feed.

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  10. Environment

    Five years on, Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s impact lingers

    Five years after the Gulf of Mexico’s largest disaster, researchers are still studying its ecological impact and struggling to learn the fate of most of the spilled oil.

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  11. Science & Society

    Top 10 science anniversaries in 2014

    2014 is a rich year for scientific anniversaries, from the birth of Vesalius to quantum factoring.

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  12. Life

    Getting to know the real living dead

    A look at the bacteria inside bloated cadavers finds the dead are teeming with life.

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