Take a good look at this photo: It shows you 1.6 billion years old fossilized oxygen bubbles, created by
tiny microbes in what was once a shallow sea somewhere on young Earth.
Covering everything about science and technology — from the outer reaches of space to
the tiniest microbes in our bodies — Science Friday is your source for entertaining and educational stories and activities.
Not exact matches
Lacticin 3147, a
tiny protein made up of two peptide units, has been shown by researchers at the Teagasc Dairy Products Research Centre
in Ireland and University College Cork to be effective
in suppressing
microbes in foods.
As part of the Microbial Ecology Lab, he will help survey the many distinct habitats of Shedd's animal populations, analyzing how unseen members of complex ecosystems are impacted by changes
in the environment, advancing the understanding of how these
tiny microbes affect animal health.
Obesity is linked to changes
in our gut
microbes — the trillions of
tiny organisms that inhabit our intestines.
«He was the first person
in the entire world to see these things,
tiny microscopic organisms,» said Yong, commemorating the world's first person to view
microbes.
The study of
microbes is likely to dominate scientific research
in the years to come as efforts to inventory the
tiny creatures advance.
«The unique thing about this model is that it simulates the life and death of individual microorganisms
in a
tiny space, and can encompass the positive and negative influences between neighboring
microbes,» says Kaiser.
In addition to the microbes tangled together in the granules, they've found that the watery oases also house other bacteria, algae, fungi, single - celled animals called protozoans, and even tiny invertebrate animals including insect larvae, worms and various tardigrade
In addition to the
microbes tangled together
in the granules, they've found that the watery oases also house other bacteria, algae, fungi, single - celled animals called protozoans, and even tiny invertebrate animals including insect larvae, worms and various tardigrade
in the granules, they've found that the watery oases also house other bacteria, algae, fungi, single - celled animals called protozoans, and even
tiny invertebrate animals including insect larvae, worms and various tardigrades.
High - speed footage reveals that raindrops can carry soil
microbes into the air
in tiny water droplets.
The
tiny microbe works its magic at near - boiling temperatures, providing the first example of a blue - green alga capable of juggling multiple forms of energy production
in such an inhospitable environment.
After removing the solids from incoming wastewater, treatment plants use
microbes —
tiny single - celled organisms — to decompose organic matter that comes
in the sewage.
Take a look at your body like never before — from the intricate geometry of your hormones to the
tiny architecture of the
microbes that infect you —
in this selection of images from the new book Science is Beautiful.
Tiny carbon nuggets
in meteorites from Mars were formed by cooling magma, not left by ancient alien
microbes.
Our microbiomes — the
microbes that live on and
in us — are gaining cred as
tiny but powerful keepers of our health.
Today such clay minerals form
in soil when organisms such as
microbes or fungi interact with
tiny bits of weathered rock.
In the water above natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil and gas bubbles rise almost a mile to break at the surface, scientists have discovered something unusual: phytoplankton, tiny microbes at the base of the marine food chain, are thrivin
In the water above natural oil seeps
in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil and gas bubbles rise almost a mile to break at the surface, scientists have discovered something unusual: phytoplankton, tiny microbes at the base of the marine food chain, are thrivin
in the Gulf of Mexico, where oil and gas bubbles rise almost a mile to break at the surface, scientists have discovered something unusual: phytoplankton,
tiny microbes at the base of the marine food chain, are thriving.
The fossils of
tiny marine animals found
in Canada this year may hold the key to how life evolved from
microbes to humans.
n isolated, iron - rich bay
in the heart of East Africa is offering scientists a rare glimpse back into Earth's primitive marine environment, and supports theories that
tiny microbes created some of the world's largest ore deposits billions of years ago.
A
tiny microbe one day could devour the millions of metric tons of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, that pile up
in landfills each year.
Not many, by microbial standards — 300 cells
in 1 milliliter of ice vs. 100,000 cells
in seawater — but they're there,
in tiny veins of liquid water that crisscross the solid ice and serve as «little houses,» Priscu said, which also contain nutrients that could feed a hungry
microbe.
Studying how
tiny microbes thrive
in harsh environments could lead to better treatments for human diseases
Asgard is a group of
microbes, described for the first time
in the journal Nature this week, that may well include the organism that gave rise to all complex life — from the
tiniest eukaryotes to the tallest redwoods, the dinosaurs and us.
In a paper published this month in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, the researchers, including Prashanta Dutta, assistant professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and colleagues from the University of Akron, present an improved and more effective Coulter device, used for the detection of the tiny microbe
In a paper published this month
in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, the researchers, including Prashanta Dutta, assistant professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and colleagues from the University of Akron, present an improved and more effective Coulter device, used for the detection of the tiny microbe
in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, the researchers, including Prashanta Dutta, assistant professor
in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and colleagues from the University of Akron, present an improved and more effective Coulter device, used for the detection of the tiny microbe
in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and colleagues from the University of Akron, present an improved and more effective Coulter device, used for the detection of the
tiny microbes.
Tiny ocean
microbes produce half of the oxygen we breathe, and they are important drivers
in chemical reactions and energy transfers that fuel critical ecological processes.
From the smallest
microbe to the largest dinosaurs and from the
tiniest spore to the biggest giant sequoia, biological research continues to uncover weird and wonderful secrets of the creatures with whom we share the planet with — and could soon extend to the study of life on bodies
in the solar system beyond our home.
They are found
in most living things, including animals, plants and many
tiny microbes.»
Instead, it could be your own gut flora — those
tiny microbes living
in your intestinal tract — sending you strong signals to devour sweets, salty snacks or other less - than - desirable foods.
«for every human cell that is intrinsic to our body, there are about 10 resident
microbes — including commensals (generally harmless freeloaders) and mutualists (favor traders) and,
in only a
tiny number of cases, pathogens.
Even though they are too small for the eye to see, and you can meet the
tiny creatures
in Microbe Zoo.
Don't be deceived by its
tiny stature and minuscule lifespan; this cell can capture bubonic plague
in a web of its own DNA, spew out enzymes to digest anthrax and die
in a kamikaze blaze of
microbe - massacring glory.
The discovery of
microbes — those single - celled organisms that exist by the millions
in a drop of water, blood, or
tiny patch of any living tissue — was a game - changer, scientifically speaking.
Tiny microbes called phytoplankton are churning away
in the oceans, taking
in carbon dioxide and producing the oxygen we breathe.
In fact, even
tiny microbes are carbon reservoirs, but scientists tend to group small reservoirs into larger categories (e.g., ocean, atmosphere, biosphere), important at the global scale.