One of the more intriguing employs bacteria to do the actual extraction of metals. Bioleaching, as this process is called, is an old idea: more than 2,000 years ago, the leaching of metal was seen ...

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Now, a University of Houston study of hemp microbes, published in the journal Scientific Reports, may help scientists create special mixtures of helpful microbes to make hemp plants produce more ...

Beach guardians: How hidden microbes protect coastal waters in a changing climate. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 31, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250114181709.htm ...

New research reveals the gut microbiota’s surprising role in aging and highlights promising therapies to counteract its effects on cellular health. Study: Gut microbial-derived ...

This review explores the role of nanomaterials in enhancing plant growth and mitigating biotic and abiotic stresses. These materials can be synthesized by microbes, plants, and algae, and they can be ...

The towels we dry ourselves with get a lot of use and pick up a lot of microbes along the way. But how long should you wait before throwing them into the laundry? You have probably rubbed your ...

Department of Pediatrics, Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo say they've made a breakthrough in introducing a new trait into bacteria found in wastewater, giving them the ability to break down microplastics.

Deinococcus radiodurans, nicknamed 'Conan the Bacterium', is the most radiation resistant bacteria in the world - withstanding thousands of times more radiation than humans. Now, scientists know why.

“We’ve learnt a lot about a small number of species,” Jensen says. But “for a lot of bacteria, there’s nothing for a language model, for an AI to read”. The microbes important for huma ...