A new experiment reveals that Earth’s microbes can grow in harsh conditions similar to what may exist just below the surface of Mars, suggesting new directions in the search for potential cellular life on the red planet. The microbes grew…
Haloferax volcanii, a model halophilic (salt-loving) archaeon, showed growth during a 160-day experiment simulating Martian subsurface brine, according to a paper published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The authors stress the result does not mean life exists on…
Bioengineer.org Machines Join the Hunt for New Schistosomiasis Drugs Subject of Research: How automation and machine learning can accelerate drug discovery for schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease treated with a single decades-old drug. Article Title: Automation and machine learning…
An enzyme best known for recycling cell components in plants and animals turns out to help beneficial bacteria feed on breast milk in a baby's gut. The finding, from a team led by the University of Birmingham, adds a new…
The hunt for life on Mars may have taken a major step forward as scientists find microbes that could survive on the Red Planet. A new study has made an archaic survive for more than five months in conditions very…
Two people can have similar gut bacteria but different microbial genetic profiles. A large-scale study investigates whether these hidden differences hold clues to aging, metabolism, and human health. Study: Microbiome-wide PheWAS links gut microbial SNVs to health and exposures. Image…
Nature Plants (2026) Cite this article Collectively, the results demonstrate in vivo flux at all key reactions of the C4 cycle in an engineered C3 plant. Experiments were performed using wild-type rice (Oryza sativa ssp. japonica) cv. Kitaake and transgenic lines generated in this…
A comparative study finds that the protease SP02 from Brevibacterium luteolum dehairs goat skins at lower temperatures and penetrates skin faster than SP01, aided by cold-tolerant structural features. Subject of Research: Comparative biochemical and structural analysis of two microbial dehairing proteases for…
Bioengineer.org Human group A rotavirus remains the leading cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age worldwide, and a new genome-wide study has mapped how amino acid substitutions are distributed across all eleven of its…
The club is the UK’s long-standing society dedicated to mycobacterial research, founded in 1954. Scientists working across all aspects of mycobacteria and tuberculosis (TB) research meet to discuss progress through biannual meetings. The most recent meeting marked a significant milestone as…
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