News: "Friendly" bacteria are truly friendly after all Posted by Chris Thorpe [Entry posted at 11th November 2005 01:34 PM GMT] A recent item [subscription required] in Nature made me feel happy as well as healthy... For a while I've been telling some selected people about the wonders of probiotics on my health... I've always wondered though if I'm being duped or if there ... Click to continue Comment on this news story News: Lichens... In... Space... Posted by Chris Thorpe [Entry posted at 10th November 2005 08:29 PM GMT] One more organism has taken a giant leap and gone into space, the humble lichen (really more than one species, as we all know that lichens are composites of algae and fungi). The European Space agency removed the lichens from the comfort of their ... Click to continue Comment on this news story

a blog for all seasons Chris Thorpe Location: London, England Who am I? Chief Technical Officer for The Scientist Previous months >>   November 2005 >>   July 2005