microbes

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Bioengineered yeast microbes as targeted drug delivery systems

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) have developed a groundbreaking way to engineer yeast (Saccharomyces…

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Living microbes discovered in Earth’s driest desert

The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely…

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Microbes in mouth reflect lifestyle choices

Lifestyle can shape the composition of beneficial bacteria and other microorganisms within the mouth, according to a new study led…

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Gut microbes play a key role in regulating stress responsiveness throughout the day, research finds

A pioneering study has uncovered the vital role that gut microbiota plays in regulating stress responses by interacting with the…

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Identifying the genes that viruses ‘steal’ from ocean microbes

The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don’t do the work on their own — the viruses that infect…

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2-billion-year-old rock home to living microbes

Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from the…

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Breastfeeding is crucial to shaping infant’s microbes and promoting lung health

Human breast milk regulates a baby’s mix of microbes, or microbiome, during the infant’s first year of life. This in…

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Powered by renewable energy, microbes turn CO2 into protein and vitamins

Researchers in Germany can harvest protein and vitamin B9 from microbes by feeding them nothing much more than hydrogen, oxygen,…

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Environment

Pathogenic microbes blown vast distances by winds, scientists discover | Microbiology

Microbes that cause disease in humans can travel thousands of miles on high-level winds, scientists have revealed for the first…

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Tech

From recycling to food: Can we eat plastic-munching microbes?

Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images In 2019, an agency within the US Department of Defense released a call for research…

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