Oldest Known Microbial DNA Recovered from Mammoths Remains
Scientists discovered microbial DNA in woolly and steppe mammoth remains that date back more than one million years. This finding...
September 12, 2025
MICROBIOLOGY
Scientists Discover Bacteria That Turn Plant Waste Into Green Energy
For many years, scientists have marvelled at certain bacteria’s ability to digest seemingly indigestible substances, including carbon from lignin. Lignin...
September 3, 2025
AI Honey Bee Disease Detection Revolutionizes Beekeeping Industry
AI honey bee disease detection represents a groundbreaking advancement in protecting our planet’s most essential pollinators. This innovative technology addresses...
August 21, 2025
Billions of Sea Stars Are Disappearing Now We Know What’s Behind It
Scientists have identified Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3 as the bacterial pathogen causing the devastating illness that wiped out billions of...
August 17, 2025
How Cosmic Rays Might Power Microbial Life on Distant Worlds
A groundbreaking study is reshaping how scientists search for extraterrestrial life: cosmic rays might help sustain life on distant worlds....
August 14, 2025
Genetic Recombination in Bacteria
Genetic recombination in bacteria became possible with the development of techniques that allowed the detection and investigation of bacterial mutations....
March 15, 2025
Avian Influenza: H5N1 Pose a Threat For Human
In a groundbreaking study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shed light on an increasingly worrisome development:...
November 15, 2024
Plastic-Eating Bacteria Found in Urban Waterways
For all the choking that plastic pollution is doing to this planet, scientists have finally found some incredible solutions hiding...
October 11, 2024
Operon Model Notes
The classical operon model formulated by Jacob and Monod in 1961 provides a basic description of the gene regulation at...
September 26, 2024
Oropouche Virus in the U.S.: What You Need to Know
In the big wide world of infectious diseases, viruses that once called a specific region home are finding new houses...
September 12, 2024
