75 people were hospitalized after eating lettuce — and it’s linked to climate change
While foodborne outbreaks are not uncommon, this case uniquely exposed deeper issues about the role of climate change in public ...
Tag: E. Coli
Silver nanoparticles change shape and get ‘consumed’ when destroying bacteria
We're getting new insight into how this metal acts against pathogens.
New approach neutralizes influenza with modified bacteria predator membranes
The team is currently working on adapting it for use against the coronavirus.
E. coli superbugs linked to poor hygiene and not contaminated food
E. coli may cause food poisoning, urinary tract infections, or intestinal infections.
Researchers create bacteria synthetic DNA
Move away, Nature -- come in, Life 2.0.
Some bacteria can ‘hibernate’ through antibiotic treatments, new paper finds
When in doubt, hibernate.
British surfers are more prone to be antibiotic resistant bacteria carriers
A new study shows that surfers are three times more likely to harbor very resistant types of E. coli.
DNA just got a major update, with readable synthetic nucleotides
Half-synthetic life isn't sci-fi any longer.
Bacteria shapeshift in space in response to antibiotics, becoming far more resilient
Not good news for interplanetary travel.
For the first time, researchers create “semi-synthetic” life form with man-made DNA
Some of your bases are belong to us.
Scientists coax bacteria towards silicon-based life
Silly bacteria, carbon-based life is best life!
Scientists film bacteria becoming virtually drug-immune — and it took them only 10 days
A fascinating glimpse at how life overcomes adversity.
Untreatable bacteria identified in the US
A strain of E. coli resistant to last-resort antibiotics has been identified on United States soil for the first time. ...
Scientists engineer first living organism with unnatural DNA
The entire living world is "written" with just four DNA bases: A = adenine C = cytosine G = guanine T = thymine However, ...
Device identifies and sorts bad germs from the good ones in minutes, instead of days
Your gut is home to some 100 trillion bacteria - more than the entire number of cells in the whole ...
Researcher finds new immune system in mucus
Think about mucus - what comes to mind? It's slimy, it's gross, no one really likes it, right? Well, as ...
Is evolution predictable? Research shows specialization isn’t that special after all
There are millions of species on Earth, and naturally understanding the mechanics of evolution is of great importance for understanding ...
Bacteria replicate close to the limit of thermodynamic efficiency
We often like to think us humans have achieved a remarkable standard of efficiency and development - but a look ...
Virus mutations shows natural selection theory at its best
Darwin's theory of natural selection illustrates perfectly what evolution is all about, the survival of the fittest if you will. ...
Transistor gates created out of E. Coli bacteria – huge biocomputing leap forward!
Scientists at London's Imperial College have successfully managed to create biological logic gates, indispensible for the production of electronical devices, ...
New DNA sequencing device could decode your genome for just $1000
News of a low-cost semiconductor-based gene sequencing machine has been reported this Wednesday in the journal Nature, by a team led ...
Bacteria lives at extreme gravitational forces
We already know about numerous extremophiles, microbes that can live in incredibly extreme conditions, which would easily kill almost every ...
