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Witness a rare microscopic view of a worm giving birth, revealing the hidden world of life at an unseen scale. This fascinating footage captures the complexity of reproduction in tiny organisms and ...

Microbes play a crucial role in maintaining the levels of many nutrients in our environment, but warming could disrupt their function in certain cycles.

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To model bacterial life, Thornburg and his colleagues turned to one of its simplest examples: a bacterial cell with a ...

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When left out, cooked rice can develop the dangerous bacteria, Bacillus cereus. Rice, even leftover rice, seems as harmless a food as any. While meat, seafood and produce are cited for causing ...

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We've already seen antibacterial surfaces that kill microbes on contact, but scientists in the UK have recently gone a different and potentially more effective route. They've created maze-like surface ...

An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has alarmed state medical entemologists as the tick continues to ...