Some bacteria can already do it—generate electric current, that is—and those microbes are called "electrogenic." Now, thanks to the work of a research group from the University of California, Santa Ba ...
A tiny louse is responsible for decimating the citrus industry. Diaphorina citri, the louse in question, better known as the Asian citrus psyllid, harbors and spreads the "Candidatus Liberibacter asia ...
The pathogen referred to as a "nightmare bacteria" is quietly adapting and spreading faster than anticipated.If you are not yet familiar with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), it is quick ...
A recent study underscores a connection between climate change and infectious disease, raising concerns about our quickly warming planet.This research, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Societ ...
To shine light on the future of the relationship between humans and viruses, a team of researchers from the University of Oxford looked into the dim and distant past.Without the capability to reproduc ...
In the perpetual search for a renewable and convenient energy source, our bacterial friends have once again stolen the limelight.Since bacteria multiply so fast, they are the ultimate renewable resour ...
The search for the causative agent of colony collapse—the mass die off of honey bees throughout the US and Europe—has escalated with increasing confusion lately. Everything from pesticides and stress ...
Since the 1960s, bacteria have been hopping a ride into space on space vehicles and astronauts, and have been cultivated within experiments on space shuttles and the International Space Station (ISS). ...
Using mathematical modeling, researchers suggest weather and warming created the "perfect storm" that drove the Zika outbreak in 2016.Carried by mosquitoes, Zika is a Flavivirus first identified in Ug ...
You just sat down, coffee in hand, and the day is ready to start. Now that you have taken a few sips, let me pose a question: What is living in that coffeemaker of yours? The answer might make you dum ...