10-12-24 Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a new approach to studying potentially deadly disease-causing bacteria which could help speed up the process of finding vaccines. Dr Andrea Dowling, from the Centre for Ecology and Conservation...
10-12-07 A brand-new bacterial species has been found aboard the RMS Titanic, which is contributing to its deterioration(恶化,退化) . The discovery reveals a potential new microbial threat to the exterior of ships and underwater metal structures such as o...
10-11-24 If you're lucky, it will all be kisses and hugs around the Thanksgiving dinner table, with friends and family near and dear gathered about, and puppies gathered around your feet waiting for table scraps(残羹剩饭) . But peace won't reign(统治,支...
10-11-23 Binghamton University researchers recently revived(复活,再生) ancient bacteria trapped for thousands of years in water droplets(水滴) embedded(嵌入,固定) in salt crystals. For decades, geologists(地质学家) have looked at these water drople...
10-10-18 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have discovered a key difference in the way human cells and Mycobacterium tuberculosi(结核杆菌) bacteria, which cause TB, deliver unwante...
10-10-14 With almost one billion people lacking access to clean, safe drinking water, scientists are reporting development and successful initial tests(初始测试) of an inexpensive new filtering technology that kills up to 98 percent of disease-causing bact...
10-09-24 Across the globe, the diversity of plant and animal species generally increases from the North and South Poles towards the Equator(赤道) but surprisingly that rule isn't true for soil bacteria, according to a new study by Queen's University biolog...
10-09-19 This press relase is available in Spanish. Spoilage(损坏,糟蹋) bacteria that can cause red coloration of pickles' skin during fermentation(发酵) may actually help clean up dyes(染料) in textile industry wastewater, according to a U.S. Departm...
10-09-09 Treating intensive care(重病特别护理) patients who develop life-threatening bacterial infections, or septicemia(败血病) , with insulin potentially could reduce their chances of succumbing to(屈服于) the infection, if results of a new prelimina...
10-09-07 Plaque(血小板,斑块) -causing bacteria can jailbreak from the mouth into the bloodstream and increase your risk of heart attack says a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting in Nottingham. Professor Howard Jenkinson, fr...