The past few decades have seen enormous progress being made in synthetic biology – the idea that simple biological parts can be tweaked to do our bidding. One of the main targets has been hacking the biological…
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Exposure to an indoor dog in the first year of life is associated with a child’s odds of developing type 1 diabetes, new…
Trillions of microbes live in and on our body. We don’t yet fully understand how these microbial ecosystems develop or the full extent to which they influence our health. Some provide essential nutrients…
New links between the bacteria in your gut and disease are being made almost daily. We know, for instance, that the microbial communities residing in your intestines have a role in your mood and levels…
A newly discovered microbe could contribute large amounts of methane to the atmosphere, playing a significant role in future…
Forensic scientists may be able to use a powerful new tool to determine the time of death in human corpses: a microbial clock…
The presence of ocean currents impacts the abundance and composition of marine micro-organism communities. Researchers from…
The amount of plastic debris accumulating in the open ocean has doubled in 40 years. This has been is a topic of increasing public concern and scientific interest since it was first reported in the 1970s…
Scientists have discovered a new underwater world of microbes: a “plastisphere”, thriving and colonising on plastics skimming…
Over the past 20 years, research has revealed large populations of creatures living many miles below the Earth’s surface. Now, a new study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports conducted by…
Microbes have been found thriving in even the deepest spot on the ocean floor. Research found the Mariana trench, nearly…
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