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Earth's bacteria are evolving to survive in space. Several strains sourced from the International Space Station (ISS) differed from the same strains on Earth, having qualities specifically adapted to ...

Bacteria found in a 5,000-year-old ice layer have shown how climate change could potentially drive the rise of more antibiotic resistance, as well as how ancient bacteria could provide opportunities ...

A group of researchers has published new findings in Science Policy Forum on potential risks from the development of mirror bacteria—synthetic organisms in which all molecules have reversed chirality ...

To grow a flourishing corn plant in an environment that is scorching hot is an enormous task. This is a challenge for ...

Warmer soils harbor a greater diversity of active microbes, according to a new study from researchers at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of ...

Bacteria have no neurons or memories in the human sense. Yet in a new study, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Georgia Tech found that individual E. colicells carried traces of past ...

Tylenol could potentially be made greener and cheaper with the help of bacteria. Scientists were able to use a bacterial chemical reaction to convert a plastic water bottle into paracetamol with no ...

That ultraviolet rays kill small organisms like bacteria and algae is one of those things which was discovered in the laboratory as a fact of pure science and is now being adapted to practical ...