A 3D print of a spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. University of Iowa and University of Georgia are…
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Credit: ESA–P. Horváth Carefully wrapped inside this donut-shaped bag is a 35-m diameter parachute that will endure a frenzied six-minute dive into the Martian atmosphere.…
‘Brown tide virus’ is a member of a class called the giant viruses. Researchers have discovered genes for key cellular metabolic cycles in many giant…
Artists impression of “killing” the COVID-19 coronavirus. While shown to be effective in the lab environment, Ivermectin cannot be used in humans for COVID-19 until…
Remdesivir was developed for Ebola and has antiviral activity for coronaviruses. Northwestern Medicine has enrolled its first participants in a new international clinical drug trial for…
Scientists Identify Microbe That Could Help Degrade Polyurethane-Based Plastics A strain of an extremophile group of bacteria is capable of ingesting toxic organic compounds as…
Bacterial biofilm scraped from the surface of the tongue and imaged using CLASI-FISH. Human epithelial tissue forms a central core (gray). Colors indicate different bacteria:…
In a study published by Clinical Microbiology Reviews in 2007, scientists warned that the situation in China was a “time bomb” for a dangerous virus…
Hawaiian bobtail squid. Two genetic factors that control the expression of a key gene required by the luminescent bacteria that inhabit the squid’s light organs…
This diagram shows the immune signaling pathways activated by Bifidobacteria after they migrate into tumors from the gastrointestinal tract. This enhances the response to immunotherapy…
A new light-activated coating that kills bacteria could be used to coat phone screens and keyboards, as well as the inside of catheters and breathing…
According to a new study conducted in mice, obesity promotes the virulence of the influenza virus. Obesity Promotes Virulence of Influenza Currently, 50% of the…
Researchers have developed a secret sauce for using waste bread as a medium to grow bacteria, yeasts, and other microorganisms for fermented food production. As…
Undergraduate research assistant David Karasz, prepares cultures of Paraburkholderia for scanning electron microscopy to identify cellular structures involved in chain formation. Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell…
MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound using a machine-learning algorithm. A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many…
A Varroa mite, a common pest that can weaken bees and make them more susceptible to pathogens, feeds on a honey bee. Credit: Alex Wild/University…
A targeted NGS approach may help track the viruses behind dangerous outbreaks. On January 21, 2020, the first case of the Wuhan coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV,…
For hundreds of years, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have used an herb called Stemona sessilifolia as a remedy for parasitic infections, such as those caused by…
Even small soil samples contain vast numbers of microorganisms. Soil samples from different layers of soil wait to be analyzed in staff scientist Ben Turner’s…
A Kenyan fruit bat, Epomophorus wahlbergi. Credit: Holly Lutz At a time when kombucha is commonplace on cafe menus and “probiotic-fortified” has become the newest…