Bacteria articles

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  New technique could identify deadly superbugs within minutes

  By Amar Toor on May 8, 2013 09:30 am + 3 comments

  Researchers in the US have developed a technique that could prove critical in the fight against Continue reading…

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  New advances with E. coli bacteria could eventually improve biofuel production

  By Dieter Bohn on April 27, 2013 04:04 am + 13 comments

  Currently, producing fuel directly from biological products can lead to some tough choices. The Continue reading…

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  Killer cure: why is the US creating new viruses and stockpiling the vaccines?

  By Carl Franzen on April 17, 2013 10:57 am + 43 comments

  Is the US government prepared to respond to a major biological weapons attack or lethal Continue reading…

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  Retro console mod combines 15 game systems into a single machine

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 12, 2013 06:23 pm + 32 comments

  Gaming hardware modder Bacteria has created the ultimate retro console mod, combining 15 systems Continue reading…

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  Can we grow a stronger-than-steel 'wonder material' to save the world?

  By Amar Toor on April 8, 2013 09:48 am + 61 comments

  It’s stiffer than Kevlar, thinner than paper, and in a few years, it may be mass-produced using Continue reading…

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  Scientists develop bacteria that needs caffeine to survive and reproduce

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 29, 2013 11:16 am + 21 comments

  Scientists at the University of Texas and the University of Iowa have created a synthetic bacteria Continue reading…

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  Scientists develop biological transistor that can command living cells

  By Carl Franzen on March 28, 2013 05:34 pm + 22 comments

  Fully biological computers are getting closer to reality. Scientists at Stanford University today Continue reading…

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  Scientists get closer to 'bio-battery' by discovering how bacteria transfers electricity

  By Carl Franzen on March 26, 2013 01:37 pm + 8 comments

  Scientists have discovered how a particular type of bacteria transfers electricity, a finding that Continue reading…

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  NASA's mini-submarine can dive into the lakes below Antarctica's glaciers

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on March 1, 2013 04:35 pm + 13 comments

  A miniature submarine deployed by NASA researchers has made first contact with the lakes hidden Continue reading…

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  Bacteria in the atmosphere may be affecting the Earth's climate

  By Kimber Streams on January 29, 2013 05:05 pm + 45 comments

  Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a surprising amount of bacteria Continue reading…