If you do a quick search on immune stimulation, you will find thousands of sites claiming it to be a…
Gradually computers are becoming more like living beings, and now it looks like living beings are becoming more like computers. Scientists have discovered…
GMO or Genetically Modified Organism are the plants and animals whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way…
The hand sanitizers you use every day is that even safe for you? Bacteria are everywhere. Nobody wants to be…
Research has shown that fungi can be a potential gold mine for the pharmaceutical sector. Researchers from the Chalmers University of…
Micro-organisms! Even though we can’t see them, they are everywhere. A microbiologist stuck her son’s hand in a petri dish…
Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are microscopic animals with an aquatic eight-legged animal that typically grows no longer than…
Tomatoes are already known to be a good model species for research in plants, but researchers have made it easier…
Teixobactin is a new class of antibiotics. It has been found to treat many bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, septicaemia,…
Viruses in phosphorus-starved regions of the ocean can take advantage of bacteria, which needs phosphorus as a nutrient. The bacteria…
Zika virus (ZIKV) dominated global public health concerns during 2016. Affecting over 60 countries, this primarily mosquito-borne disease has been…
When you pick up a random species of insects and look inside its cells, there is a 40 percent chance…