Bacteria Used To Reinforce Buildings
Natural soil bacteria could be used to stabilize buildings against earthquakes, turning loose sand around the building’s foundations into sandstone,…
Magnetic Bacteria Maintain Their Mystery
The evolutionary advantage that magnetic bacteria enjoy has always been something of a conundrum, but now, scientists at the Naval…
Candy-Munching Bacteria Prodigious Hydrogen Producers
Bioscientists at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom have demonstrated a reactor that uses hydrogen-producing bacteria and sugar…
Prof Ponders Bacterial Benefits
Destroy all bacteria, bacteria are bad; goes the mantra of mothers everywhere and the cleaning product industry. But they could…
Bacteria Hysteria In The Supermarket
‘ Horror stories of harmful bacteria living on surfaces in public places are the bread-and-butter of scare-mongering television, but is…
Amazon A Desert For Soil Bacteria
The diversity of soil bacteria in the otherwise species-rich Amazon is more like a desert, while paradoxically, the arid desert…
GM Bacteria Making Plastics
Scientists are starting trials to see if a genetically modified form of the bacteria E. coli could be used to…