These strange bacteria conduct electricity via a structure never before seen in nature — a structure scientists can co-opt to miniaturize electronics, create powerful-yet-tiny batteries, build pacemakers without wires and …read more Source:: Science
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Capturing bacteria that eat and breathe electricity
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•Researchers traveled to Yellowstone National Park to find bacteria that may help solve some of the biggest challenges facing humanity — environmental pollution and sustainable energy. …read more Source:: Science
Yeasts reach across tree of life to domesticate suite of bacterial genes
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•New research finds that some yeast picked up a whole suite of genes from bacteria that gave them the new ability to scavenge iron from their environment. It’s one of …read more Source:: Science
Smart microrobots that can adapt to their surroundings
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•Scientists have developed tiny elastic robots that can change shape depending on their surroundings. Modeled after bacteria and fully biocompatible, these robots optimize their movements so as to get to …read more Source:: Science
Space microbes aren’t so alien after all
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•A new study has found that — despite its seemingly harsh conditions — the ISS is not causing bacteria to mutate into dangerous, antibiotic-resistant superbugs. The bacteria are instead simply …read more Source:: Science
Clues from a Somalian cavefish about modern mammals’ dark past
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•After millions of years living in darkness, a species of blind cavefish has lost an ancient system of DNA repair. That DNA repair system, found in organisms including bacteria, fungi, …read more Source:: Science
A paper battery powered by bacteria
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•In remote areas of the world, everyday items like electrical outlets and batteries are luxuries. Health care workers in these areas often lack electricity to power diagnostic devices, and commercial …read more Source:: Science
Light-engineered bacterial shapes could hold key to future labs-on-a-chip
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•Scientists have used light patterns to control the swimming speed of bacteria and direct them to form different shapes. …read more Source:: Science
Glowing bacteria on deep-sea fish shed light on evolution, ‘third type’ of symbiosis
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•For the first time, scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of bacteria that live in anglerfish bulbs. The bacteria were taken from fish specimens collected in the Gulf of …read more Source:: Science
Ingestible ‘bacteria on a chip’ could help diagnose disease
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•Researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems. …read more Source:: Science