Posted May 20, 2013 - 11:37 by Thomas Anderson
Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon.
Posted March 25, 2013 - 12:18 by Mike Magee
A technique that tethers bacteria to electrodes means your future gadget could be powered by microbes in the future.
Posted March 8, 2013 - 05:59 by Kate Taylor
A species of algae that can cope with 'battery acid' conditions managed it by copying genes from bacteria.
Posted January 29, 2013 - 05:22 by Kate Taylor
Large numbers of microorganisms, mostly bacteria, have been discovered five miles up in the sky.
Posted January 14, 2013 - 11:38 by Thomas Anderson
Researchers at the Centre of Astrobiology have positively identified microorganisms living inside salt deposits in the acidic and ferrous environment of the Tinto River in Huelva, Spain.
Posted January 8, 2013 - 07:19 by Flora Malein
Scientists have engineered bacteria to make the precursor chemicals for fossil fuels and plastics, a breakthrough for the chemical industry.
Posted November 27, 2012 - 06:19 by Flora Malein
Scientists have discovered a group of microorganisms capable surviving one of the toughest environments on our planet: ancient bacteria living under 65 feet of ice at the bottom of a brine-filled lake in Antarctica.
Posted October 25, 2012 - 07:07 by Emma Woollacott
Researchers have discovered an extraordinary type of bacteria that creates electrical currents on the ocean floor.
Posted September 24, 2012 - 11:50 by TG Daily Staff
Researchers at the University of Washington have determined that "some" microbial life migrated from the Earth's oceans to land some 2.75 billion years ago.
Posted June 20, 2012 - 04:35 by Kate Taylor
Tiny microbes and a tropical tree can be used to lock up carbon dioxide - and turn it into an agricultural soil improver.
Posted June 14, 2012 - 05:43 by Emma Woollacott
You're carrying around over 10,000 different species of bacteria in and on your body right now, in such numbers that they weigh several pounds.
Posted May 21, 2012 - 06:43 by Kate Taylor
Living bacteria have been discovered deep beneath the ocean where they've had no new food or oxygen since dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Posted May 10, 2012 - 05:34 by Kate Taylor
Researchers at the University of Leeds say that a type of bacterium which 'eats' iron to create tiny magnets could be used to make larger hard drives and faster connections.
Posted February 24, 2012 - 06:09 by Kate Taylor
Free-flying planets, not anchored to a star, could outnumber stars in the Milky Way by 100,000 to one.
Posted October 19, 2011 - 07:32 by Emma Woollacott
Scientists have taken another step towards biological computing, with the creation of logic gates from gut bacteria and DNA.
Posted September 20, 2011 - 07:14 by Kate Taylor
A couple of grains of salt could be all that's needed to help bacteria produce hydrogen from wastewater or organic byproducts.
Posted September 1, 2011 - 10:33 by Lauren Craig, EarthTechling
Five percent of the electricity consumed in the United States is used to power our water infrastructure.
Posted August 24, 2011 - 05:37 by Kate Taylor
If you're eating while you read this - don't. Goodness knows what bugs you're picking up.
Posted August 22, 2011 - 04:48 by Emma Woollacott
Scientists say they've found the world's oldest fossils, the remains of tiny creatures that lived 3.4 billion years ago in a pre-oxygen world.
Posted May 25, 2011 - 10:46 by Chris Nova
There is more proof that all forms of life share certain characteristics with humans. This time it’s our preference for caffeine.
