Medication Making You Sicker? Blame Your Gut Bacteria!
In New York, your gut bacteria can directly affect how well your body absorbs and metabolizes medication. Research on a chemotherapy drug showed that...
Drink Up That Cup of Joe – Coffee and Tea Could Help Your Liver
In The Netherlands, researchers found that drinking coffee and tea could improve your liver function and lower your risk of liver cirrhosis, a leading...
GRAIL Genetic Blood Test Could Detect Cancer Before It Shows Up on X-Rays
In California, an Illumina spin-off DNA sequencing company called GRAIL, might have just found the Holy Grail of cancer prevention – a way to...
Aniline Made from Biomaterials For First Time Ever – Turning Point for Key Foam...
In Germany, aniline, a chemical only attained from fossil fuels in the past, was produced from plant-based materials using a microorganism as a catalyst...
Masterful Microbes Munch on Ocean Plastic
In Spain, researchers think we can thank microbes in the ocean for the lower amounts of plastic in the ocean than expected based on...
Cutting-Edge Catalysts Break It Down for Plastics Recycling
In Japan, researchers at Nagoya University developed catalysts that can break down the strong chemical bonds in plastics quicker and more effectively than before,...
Amateur beekeeping leads to discovery of plastic-eating worm
In Spain, a researcher at the Spanish National Research Council stumbled upon a polyethylene-eating worm while removing the parasitic pests from his backyard hobby...
ASM contest turns science into art
In New Orleans, the American Society for Microbiology’s Agar Art contest is giving scientists the opportunity to also become artists.
Using agar plates—petri dishes that...
New Artist in Town – Genetically Modified E.Coli Bacteria Recreate Artwork In Color
In Massachusetts, MIT synthetic biologists integrated 18 genes into E.coli to make the bacteria “see” red, green, and blue colors and react to the...
Cardiff University Looking for New Contractor to Complete New Innovation Campus
In the United Kingdom, Cardiff University is looking for a new contractor to complete its £135 million (nearly $175 million) Innovation Campus in Wales....