Medical devices coated with selenium nanoparticles reduce the growth of a deadly hospital-borne infection.
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Some of the interesting stories researchers were discussing at this year’s American Society of Microbiology meeting in San Francisco.
A new camera system allows researchers to measure multiple cardiac signals at once to understand how they interact to control heart function.
Grasshoppers in fear of predation die with less nitrogen in their bodies than unstressed grasshoppers, which can affect soil ecology.
Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut, and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
The beaches around the Gulf of Mexico harbor different nematodes, protists and fungi now than they did before the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010.
New PCR assay can detect more than 40 strains of H5N1 in a single go.
EDITOR'S CHOICE IN MICROBIOLOGY The paper S. Alsford et al., “High-throughput decoding of antitrypanosomal drug efficacy and resistance,” Nature, 482:232-36, 2012. The finding Trypanosoma brucei, the single-cell protozoan that causes the tropical
Out with toothpicks and pipettors; in with automation.
Turning a liability into an asset, cryo-electron microscopists exploit an artifact to probe protein structure.
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