Microbes affect weight loss; dozens of cancer-linked genes identified; a climate change scientists speaks out about personal attacks; isolation among elderly linked to death
Microbes affect weight loss; dozens of cancer-linked genes identified; a climate change scientists speaks out about personal attacks; isolation among elderly linked to death
Microbial changes in the gut contribute to a patient’s ability to slim down after gastric bypass surgery.
Venom-based drugs for pain; microbes in the deep ocean; altruistic, suicidal bacteria; a call for open access; clinical sequencing; the newest genomes
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
Thomson Reuters launches Metrics Mania, which will pit universities against each other, not on the basketball court, but in the scientific literature.
Researchers find remarkably active bacteria in the Mariana Trench, where they live under pressure 1,000 times greater than at the surface.
Rock samples from deep within the Earth’s oceanic crust contain chemosynthetic microbial life.
Team member and opponents exchange microbes by slamming into each others’ shoulders during the game.
Nanoparticles coated with a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV while leaving surrounding cells intact.
A red alga appears to have adapted to extremely hot, acidic environments by collecting genes from bacteria and archaea.