Gut Microbes May Play a Role in Certain Cancers

Gut Microbes May Play a Role in Certain Cancers

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

  • Energy
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 17th, 2013
Microbes Double as Mini Power Plants, Produce Electricity from Sewage

Microbes Double as Mini Power Plants, Produce Electricity from Sewage

These so-called wired microbes generate electricity by digesting plant and animal waste

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 11th, 2013
100,000-Year-Old Microbes Discovered in Subglacial Lake in the Antarctica

100,000-Year-Old Microbes Discovered in Subglacial Lake in the Antarctica

The microbes were found at the bottom of Lake Hodgson

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 11th, 2013
Microbes in Panda Poop Can Help Make Biofuels Cheaper, Easier to Produce

Microbes in Panda Poop Can Help Make Biofuels Cheaper, Easier to Produce

The microbes have high chances to boost ethanol production, researchers say

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 6th, 2013
Microbes in the Deep Ocean Hold Between 300 Million – 1.3 Billion Tons of Carbon

Microbes in the Deep Ocean Hold Between 300 Million – 1.3 Billion Tons of Carbon

Researchers say these organisms do not need sunlight to lock up carbon

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 2nd, 2013
The World Will End in Less Than a Billion Years

The World Will End in Less Than a Billion Years

Microbes will outlive all plant and animal species, scientist says

New Ecological Habitat Dubbed the “Plastisphere” Forming in Oceans Worldwide

New Ecological Habitat Dubbed the “Plastisphere” Forming in Oceans Worldwide

Microbes are colonizing plastic debris in oceanic waters, seem to like their new homes

  • Nature
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 30th, 2013
Earth Used to Smell like Rotten Eggs

Earth Used to Smell like Rotten Eggs

This was because of the microorganisms that ate each other, researchers say

Cthulhu Found to Dwell Inside the Guts of Termites

Cthulhu Found to Dwell Inside the Guts of Termites

Researchers explain Cthulhu actually helps its hosts better digest their food

  • Nature
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • January 4th, 2013
Oldest Signs of Life Found Dating 3.49 Billion Years

Oldest Signs of Life Found Dating 3.49 Billion Years

Life on Earth began not long after the planet itself formed

Why Oxygen-Rich Oceanic Waters Produce Methane

Why Oxygen-Rich Oceanic Waters Produce Methane

Experts have been trying to decipher this mystery for quite some time

Antibiotics Left in Some Meats Enable Microbes to Survive

Antibiotics Left in Some Meats Enable Microbes to Survive

Microorganisms can then endure inside meats, and infect consumers

Microbes, Sponges and Worms Now Thrive Because of Pollution and Heavy Fishing

Microbes, Sponges and Worms Now Thrive Because of Pollution and Heavy Fishing

Our already vulnerable ecosystems stand to face more threats, study says

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 4th, 2012
Inhalable Nitric Oxide May Be Used as New Antimicrobial

Inhalable Nitric Oxide May Be Used as New Antimicrobial

Researchers find the chemical to be effective and inexpensive

  • Green
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 18th, 2012
Trees and Microbes Work Together to Bring Down CO2 Concentrations

Trees and Microbes Work Together to Bring Down CO2 Concentrations

Scientists trap carbon dioxide in the soil using a tropical tree “sprayed” with microbes

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 17th, 2012
Asteroid Impacts Benefit Subterranean Microbe Populations

Asteroid Impacts Benefit Subterranean Microbe Populations

The collisions create new niches in which these organisms can spread

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 9th, 2012
Martian Microbes May Endure in Pit-Chains

Martian Microbes May Endure in Pit-Chains

These structures can be found on the slopes of volcanoes

 
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