All the stories tagged with bacteria
Bacteria Munching Away at the Titanic
04/11/2012, Canadian researcher Henrietta Mann who has been studying the bacteria that is allegedly eating up the sunken hull of the Titanic for four years said that in less than 30 years, there may be nothing left of the famous cruise [...]
MyMicrobes – an online social network with a twist
09/12/2011, If you’re thinking “oh no, we already have the king of social networks, Facebook – why do we need one more?” Firstly, MyMicrobes works differently – very differently. In addition to storing details about your name and email address, MyMicrobes [...]
Bacteria transforms newspapers into gasoline alternative
08/26/2011, Scientists from Tulane University have managed to stumble across a newly discovered bacteria that might just change the way you drive – as this bacteria is able to transform organicmaterials into butanol, which is actually a gasoline alternative. Professor David [...]
Bacteria help enlisted to generate electricity
05/24/2011, Who would have thought that something like bacteria can also come in to be useful where keeping the earth green is concerned? We are talking about scientists working on harnessing microbes such as bacteria to generate electricity after discovering the [...]
Professor develops a new way to sniff out bacteria
04/29/2011, At the moment, hospitals rely on troublesome and inefficient methods to identify bacteria in a patient’s blood sample. First they have to incubate blood samples in vials for 24 to 48 hours just to see whether bacteria is present. After [...]
Pixel Bacteria Art
12/20/2009, This just goes to show that scientists love Space Invaders too. It may not look like a perfect alien from Space Invaders, but considering that it’s made from glowing bacteria, we’re sure that you’re willing to ignore the imperfections. These [...]
