Alternative Energy: A Natural Solution?
Want to make alternative fuel? Need to get electricity directly from organic slop? Bacteria may have the perfect answer. More »
View ArticleFish and Crabs
Surprise: Crabs prefer fish fresh, just like you and me! Study shows that odor of rotten fish repels stone crabs; shows evolutionary reason why decay organisms make foul stench. More »
View ArticleComputer + Microbiology = Cellular Simulation?
Computer graphics and microbiology unite as scientists build complex digital models of cellular machinery to view a microscopic world in powerful new ways. More »
View ArticleLife within: New study shows beneficial bacterial invasion
Without trillions of bacteria in our guts, we die. But how do these bacteria colonize the bug-free human infant just after birth? New study details bacterial balancing act. More »
View ArticleBig ideas from the smallest world
New snowflake generator reveals nature's design principles; anti-reflective coating is nearly perfect, and so is mother-of-pearl inside an abalone. Dive into the nitty gritty of the itty bitty! More »
View Article“No prob” sez life to crashing asteroids!
4B years ago, the "late heavy bombardment" burned out all life -- or not... High-temp bacteria could have survived in deep rocks. More »
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Cholera: Haiti’s latest scourge
Cholera in Haiti! In Haiti, the body blows just keep coming. About 200,000 died in the January earthquake. Then the recovery was hampered by poverty, an ineffective and corrupt government, and a long...
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Bathed in poison!
Even people who can’t distinguish the periodic table from a dining table know arsenic is poisonous, although few realize why. Arsenic is chemically akin to phosphorus, one of life’s essential...
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Amoeba: Secrets of the micro-farm
Rebranding for amoeba advances with new “first farmers” report Image: M.J. Grimson & R.L. Blanton The single-celled amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has no brain, but its complicated social cycle...
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Bacteria: Social critters!?
Bacteria enlist “soldiers” to fight for group! People communicate by sight and sound. Dogs rely on smell. And bacteria are the chemists of the natural world, using chemistry for offense, defense and...
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