• Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 29th, 2012
What Life Looked Like on Early Earth

What Life Looked Like on Early Earth

Studies conducted in Antarctica may answer this question

Synthetic Biology Technique Increases Biodiesel Fuel Production

Synthetic Biology Technique Increases Biodiesel Fuel Production

The innovation was achieved by a team of American investigators

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 18th, 2012
Atacama Reveals Treasure Trove of Life

Atacama Reveals Treasure Trove of Life

The finding may have implications for detecting life on Mars

Microbes Should Be Accounted For in Climate Models

Microbes Should Be Accounted For in Climate Models

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

Marking Cancer Cells for the Immune System

Marking Cancer Cells for the Immune System

DNA sequencing proves excellent at this application

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 7th, 2012
Bahamian Caves May Reveal How Life Evolved

Bahamian Caves May Reveal How Life Evolved

We may not have to visit other worlds to get the answer

  • Health
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 20th, 2012
Tears Can Annihilate Bacteria

Tears Can Annihilate Bacteria

Molecules in tears destroy far larger microorganisms

Pigs Can Evolve Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Just Two Weeks

Pigs Can Evolve Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Just Two Weeks

Scientists are puzzled at how fast such microorganisms appear

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 9th, 2012
Earth's Deepest Secrets Are Jeopardized by Microbes

Earth's Deepest Secrets Are Jeopardized by Microbes

Researchers are literally starting to dig deeper and deeper into our planet's past

Tool Models Microorganisms' Metabolism

Tool Models Microorganisms' Metabolism

The total energy expenditure of these lifeforms can now be learned

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 3rd, 2012
Martian Lava Tubes Could Act as Incubators for Life

Martian Lava Tubes Could Act as Incubators for Life

Microorganisms could easily endure in those conditions

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 28th, 2011
Io Could Support Extreme Lifeforms

Io Could Support Extreme Lifeforms

The Jovian moon is one of the likeliest candidates in the solar system

Alien Environment Analogs Can Be Found on Earth

Alien Environment Analogs Can Be Found on Earth

Scientists are already starting to scour them for clues

Oldest Ciliates Preceded Dinosaurs by Wide Margin

Oldest Ciliates Preceded Dinosaurs by Wide Margin

The oldest known fossils of such microorganisms have just been found

Horizontal Gene Transfer Widespread Among Bacteria

Horizontal Gene Transfer Widespread Among Bacteria

The process enables the microorganisms to exchange genes

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 19th, 2011
Explaining Oceanic Bioluminesence

Explaining Oceanic Bioluminesence

New mechanism proposed to explain the natural phenomenon

How Life Survived the 'Snowball Earth'

How Life Survived the 'Snowball Earth'

Researchers investigate the world's most desolate deserts

 
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