You can squash small bugs by stepping on them, but can you crush even tinier microorganisms like viruses and bacteria? It turns out that you’d need to apply a lot of pressure.
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To fully understand the extent of climate-related dangers the Arctic – and our planet – is facing, we must focus on organisms too small to be seen with the naked eye.
Drug-resistant microbes are a serious threat for future pandemics, but the new draft of the WHO’s international pandemic agreement may not include provisions for antimicrobial resistance.
Biological and chemical substances are the most common food contaminants and account for over 200 food-borne illnesses.
Ancient microbes likely produced natural products their descendants today do not. Tapping into this lost chemical diversity could offer a potential source of new drugs.
Your mobile phone is 10 times dirtier than a toilet seat. Here’s what to do about it.
Ants are skilled surgeons, bacteria have their own internet, and scientists think sperm whales have names.
As well as the joy that comes with swimming, there can also be some dirty risks.
Our Mars rovers might not be sensitive enough to detect signs of life. But lessons from Antarctica might make future missions more successful.
Fossil evidence of how the earliest life on Earth came to be is hard to come by. But scientists have come up with a few theories based on the microbes, viruses and prions existing today.
Some scientists believe that the placenta and amniotic fluid that surrounds a foetus have their own microbiome. A new review refutes this.
Microbes are so tiny humans can’t see them without special equipment. But the discovery of 20 new species will help scientists map the evolutionary tree of life.
The walls of your house could someday be built with living bacteria. Synthetic biologists are engineering microbes into living materials that are cheap and sustainable.
Don’t let microbes and insects turn your Halloween masterpiece into a horror show before the big night.
Termites are about to experience a significant global expansion in their prime habitat, thanks to climate change. Here’s what that means for deadwood.
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat. Here’s how resistant genes sneak into human guts via wastewater, food and other routes.
People wouldn’t last long without the countless other species we depend on for survival.
Listeria causes serious illness and food recalls nearly every year.
The types of microbes residing in your gut can affect your mental and physical health. Home microbiome tests promise to help consumers improve the composition of their gut microbes.
Current expiration date system leads to confused consumers and wasted food.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Doctoral Candidate in Microbiology, University of Oregon
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Professor emeritus, Colorado State University
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Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Aberdeen
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Biology, Brunel University London
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Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Assistant Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Maine
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Earth System Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of microbiology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Washington State University
