Just like our gut has helpful microbes, so too does the soil around plant roots. But what happens when antibiotics disrupt this balance?
Beehive microbes hold the secrets to our cities’ health
The microbes in beehive debris vary widely between cities and neighborhoods, and could hold keys to assess the human populations’ health.
Microbes may be key to making space exploration sustainable
Nine different ways of using technologies based on microbes that can make space research more circular and generally more sustainable.
What ancient microbes can tell us about the environment they inhabited
Researchers find one more piece in the puzzle of ancient ecology.
From Microbes and Fetal Allografts to a Better Understanding of Cancer Immune Tolerance
In their ‘Think again’ article published in BioEssays, Megan Barnet and colleagues discuss how insights from fetal allografts and microbes can lead to a better understanding of immune tolerance in cancer.
Synthetic Alienation of Microbes
Review by Kubyshkin and Budisa in Biotechnology Journal explores the why and the how.
Easy and rapid sintering technique for microbeads
Researchers reduced the sintering time for an adsorbent by a factor of 60 and improved the specific surface area.
New ceramic microbead technique makes better filters
A University of Bremen team describes a simple and versatile rapid tube furnace sintering technique to improve the specific surface area of microbeads.
Honey bees boost crop pollination, but at a cost to wild bees
Honey bees compete with wild bees for resources in croplands, but nutritious wildflower plantings can mitigate these effects.
Scientists report airborne bacteria found in garbage may age our blood vessels
Pathogenic bioaerosols detected at household garbage collection sites may contribute to vascular aging with high chronic exposure.