- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 29th, 2012
What Life Looked Like on Early Earth
Studies conducted in Antarctica may answer this question
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 26th, 2012
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
The finding may have implications for detecting life on Mars
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 15th, 2012
Microbes Should Be Accounted For in Climate Models
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 9th, 2012
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
We may not have to visit other worlds to get the answer
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 20th, 2012
Tears Can Annihilate Bacteria
Molecules in tears destroy far larger microorganisms
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 17th, 2012
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
Researchers are literally starting to dig deeper and deeper into our planet's past
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 4th, 2012
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
Microorganisms could easily endure in those conditions
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- December 28th, 2011
Io Could Support Extreme Lifeforms
The Jovian moon is one of the likeliest candidates in the solar system
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 23rd, 2011
Alien Environment Analogs Can Be Found on Earth
Scientists are already starting to scour them for clues
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 16th, 2011
Oldest Ciliates Preceded Dinosaurs by Wide Margin
The oldest known fossils of such microorganisms have just been found
- Microbiology/Genetics
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 31st, 2011
Horizontal Gene Transfer Widespread Among Bacteria
The process enables the microorganisms to exchange genes
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 19th, 2011
Explaining Oceanic Bioluminesence
New mechanism proposed to explain the natural phenomenon
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 13th, 2011
How Life Survived the 'Snowball Earth'
Researchers investigate the world's most desolate deserts