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Antimicrobial lassos offer insight into bacterial warfare

April 22, 2014
Starved bacteria use antimicrobial lasso peptides to kill other bacteria by hijacking their nutrient receptors say scientists who have gained the first structural insights into the warfare between bacteria. To...

Mechanism of antibiotic resistance revealed

April 7, 2014
Antibiotic resistance represents a serious threat to human health, and researchers in London have taken an important step towards understanding how it spreads by unravelling a bacterial secretions system.Bacteria use...

Antimicrobial pizza herb

March 21, 2014
A simple herb used on pizzas could play an important role in defeating the winter vomiting bug say American researchers.Carvacrol – the substance found in oregano oil which gives the...

Sorting the good from the bad bacteria

October 24, 2013
There are good bacteria and bad bacteria – some coexisting in the same species – and researchers at MIT have developed a new microfluidic technique which can quickly distinguish bacteria...

Norwegian bacteria make super sunscreen

September 17, 2013
Bacteria living in Trondheim Fjord can provide humans with better protection against skin cancer and malignant melanomas than traditional sun cream, Norwegian researchers at SINTEF, together with company Promar AS,...

Microbes can influence host evolution

September 12, 2013
Contrary to current understanding, a new study has provided direct evidence that an individual’s microbiome can contribute to the origin of new species by reducing the viability of hybrids produced...

Turning a mobile into a low-cost microscope

April 10, 2013
A cheap glass lens, a strip of double sided sticky tape and a simple torch are all you need to turn your iPhone into a field microscope, according to a...

Glacier melting accelerated by dark microbial life

February 27, 2013
Scientists previously viewed glaciers as “lifeless lumps of ice” but an Aberystwyth University-led study has demonstrated how microbes that appear on their icy surface  may contribute to glacier melting.Glacier surfaces...

Oceanic turbulence affects marine food web

December 10, 2012
Numerical simulations have shown for the first time that the movement of seawater can directly affect the ability of marine bacteria to absorb organic material, such as that produced by...

Memories of a sleeping brain

November 5, 2012
Researchers have discovered that a region of the brain – involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer’s disease – behaves as if it’s remembering something even during sleep. The team from...

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