Shewanella bacteria generate energy for survival by transporting electrons to nearby mineral surfaces.
Shewanella bacteria generate energy for survival by transporting electrons to nearby mineral surfaces.
Research Associate, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Age: 27
Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.
Researchers find zero evidence for Lyme-induced autism.
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Researchers in the Amazon are measuring how much carbon dioxide fertilizes the rainforest.
A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
Scientists are stumped as to why hundreds of starved pups have been washing up on the California shore.
Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40