Posts Tagged ‘microbes’

Gut Check

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
NIH

Two UCSF researchers are trying to discover what trillions of microorganisms are doing in our guts.

Crazy Pandas!

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Don’t they know they’re supposed to be carnivores?

CellScope

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Lightweight, mobile microscopes are not only being used in third world countries to diagnose disease, but also in classrooms to get kids excited about science.

Microbial Welcome Mats

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Microbial mats may have provided both food and oxygen to early life on Earth.

Endeavour’s Passengers

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Joining the astronauts in space are squid, worms and microbes, oh my!

Drilled in Deepwater

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Scientists debate whether deepwater drilling for oil is worth the risk.

Science News Round-up!

Friday, January 7th, 2011

Massive Die-Offs, Oil and DNA Sequencing: 2011 started off with a bang—science news-wise.

Science in 2010

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

2010 was a roller coaster year for science news—think exoplanets, synthetic-life, arsenic-eating bacteria (or not!), earthquakes, volcanoes and of course, the Gulf oil spill.

Plastics, Oil and the Brain

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Plastics, Oil and the Brain: here are a few headlines that follow-up previous stories or ones that we missed this week.

Where’s the Oil?

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Where have the 4.9 billion barrels of oil spilled in the gulf gone?

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