Oil Munching Bacteria Find A Feast at Crude Oil Spills
In California, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found oil-degrading bacteria that work hard at eating up oil spills. By...
Aglytix Partners with AGCO Corp. for Precision Ag Data Collaboration
In Minnesota, Aglytix Inc., a software analytics developer for the agricultural industry, is partnering with Georgia-based AGCO Corporation, a design, manufacturer and distributor also...
Workhouse Fungus Aspergillus More Diverse Than Originally Thought
An international team has sequenced ten Aspergillus species, more than doubling the number of the industrially important Aspergillus species that have been sequenced to...
Game changer for Superfund clean-up efforts thanks to microbes
In Washington, the first large-scale experiment to clean up groundwater on a Superfund site using microbes proved that probiotics and natural microbes can significantly...
How Do We Know Stories Passed Down Through Generations Are True? Genomic Data Confirms...
In Illinois, researchers at the University of Illinois and Pennsylvania State University have proven through genomic data that what aboriginal communities oral histories have...
Gold rush! Bacteria poops out gold nuggets
In Germany, researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg found that the bacterium called Cupriavidus metallidurans eats up toxic metallic compounds, continues to live...
Crop Copter, AgReliant Genetics, Viafield and Others Finding Mixed Results with UAVs
In Iowa, farming coops and operations like Crop Copter, Viafield, and AgReliant Genetics are using unmanned aerial vehicles to help manage their farms and...
Are Your Genes Literally Keeping You Up At Night? Researchers Say They Might Be!
In New York, researchers at Rockefeller University say your genetic makeup can actually be keeping you awake at night. Due to a newly discovered...
Dutch Researchers Collaborate on Huge Genetic Data Project as First Step Towards Customized Treatment
In the Netherlands, six Dutch universities are working together using big data gathered from the DNA from thousands of different people to help figure...
New method helps ID Lyme disease in early stages
In Colorado, researchers found a way to tell Lyme disease apart from the very similar southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI). Using mass spectrometry, they...