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Bacteria that wear 'invisibility cloak' escape the human immune system
University of York scientists have described this as an important step in the mechanism of bacteria used to avoid our immune system.
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For the first time, the bacterial gene was created - the largest chemical structure synthesized in a laboratory
The team of 17 people from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has just created the largest artificial DNA ever by synthesizing and assembling 582,970 base pairs of a b…
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Bacteria that make carbon nanotubes
Chemists and engineers from the United States and South Korea have discovered some types of semiconductor nanotubes made from living organisms, bacteria - this discovery…
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Bacteria are more toxic when flying into space
A recent test that brought bacteria into space has detected a trip that makes them much more dangerous. The discovery could open up ways to make better antibiotics on Ea…
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Use bacteria to create iridescent paint like pearls
A new technique using microorganisms can provide cheaper and safer solutions in creating cosmetics or paints with iridescent colors of pearls as well as multicolored pla…
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Kill the larvae with ... bacteria
Use bacteria to kill ... larvae. A group of scientists at the HCMC Pasteur Institute has successfully studied microbial products from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israe…
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The bacteria resurrected after 8 million years of freezing
Researchers have just recorded a new record: the frozen bacteria for 8 million years ... have been revived.
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Decipher the mystery of bacteria living half a million years
Scientists claim to have found the mystery
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The ancestors of bacteria used to live in the deep sea
Some genes that allow the current bacterial species to infect humans may originate from a microbial ancestor that once lived in the deep ocean.
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Bacteria create energy and purify waste water
A team of Australian researchers created a system that allows cleaning wastewater from a brewery by using energy-generating bacteria.
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Save data in ... DNA of bacteria
Today, data can be stored on floppy disks, computer chips, hard drives and, of course, papers. However, scientists have found a new, smaller storage medium but the stami…
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Use bacteria against earthquakes
Bacillus pasteurii bacteria have the ability to turn sand into cement. US researchers have taken the initiative to use them to make a porous soil solid, protecting build…
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Marine bacteria can create environmentally friendly energy sources
Bacteria in the world's oceans can effectively use solar energy to grow thanks to a pigment that absorbs special light. This discovery was made by researchers at the Uni…
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Engine made from bacteria
A challenge in developing micro robots is to shrink the motor and the power supply. American scientists have found a solution to this problem: Taking advantage of the se…
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In the air there are more than 1,800 types of bacteria
According to a study by American scientists, the air we often breathe up to 1,800 types of bacteria every day, including many harmful bacteria combined with harmful bact…