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EMBL group leader Michael Zimmermann has been recognised for outstanding achievements as a mid-career scientist Michael Zimmermann, who has been...

Pennsylvania [US], May 19 (ANI): A new therapeutic strategy could help wash away the build-up while sparing oral tissues by targeting the bonds between bacteria and yeast that can form a sticky dental plaque, suggest the findings of a new study led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania.

I’ve been fascinated by glaciers since I was 14, when geography textbooks taught me about strange rivers of ice that crept down yawning valleys like giant serpents stalking their next meal. That kernel of wonder has carried me through a career of more than 25 years. I’ve travelled to the world’s peaks and its poles to see over 20 glaciers. Yet, when I first started out as a researcher in the early 1990s, we were convinced glaciers were lifeless deserts. Then in 1999, Professor Martin Shar...

Microbial Biodegradation of Toxic Waste (Bioremediation) For many decades, humans have polluted the environment. The resultant toxic waste has been attributed to the development of a number of serious illnesses and health problems, such as cancer, diabetes, developmental illnesses, endocrine disruption, kidney damage, liver damage, and potentially heart disease. Image Credit: dimitris_k/Shutterstock.com To tackle this major health and environmental issue, scientists have developed a strategy to...

Date Time Sunshine lights up with a series of artwork projections In a Brimbank first, Council is excited to announce that a rotating gallery of artworks has been designed for projection onto local buildings right here in Sunshine! The first display is part of the Light up Sunshine project and will be showcased on the evening of Friday 21 May at Council’s Civic Green official opening festivities from 5-9pm. The projection will feature an animated artwork entitled ‘Mycorrhizalit Comes In Wav...

UPDATED: May 12, 2021 15:55 IST This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot. (Photo: Nasa) In February of this year, the Martian airspace, which normally is free, was suddenly congested as countries from Earth started parking their probes, rovers, orbiters in the Red Planets orbit. While UAE and China are still orbiting, Nasa landed its rove...

Date Time Is Secret to a More Effective COVID-19 Vaccine in Our Gut Wanli Xu wants to see how the nearly 100 trillion microbes in a person’s digestive system affect immunity induced by the COVID-19 vaccine. There are nearly 100 trillion microbes in your digestive system, and School of Nursing researcher Wanli Xu wants to know how they affect your body’s response to the COVID-19 vaccine. With Connecticut residents age 16 and older now eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines, many people are wo...

The science teaching and rationality India needs Updated: Updated: May 13, 2021 01:21 IST The novel coronavirus crisis has fully revealed the price to be paid in the neglect of education and health Share Article AAA The novel coronavirus crisis has fully revealed the price to be paid in the neglect of education and health A speeding autorickshaw driver once told me that slowing down might not be very useful to avoid an accident. He was responding to my unease, sitting behind him, feeling helpl...

Birth by C-section hinders the baby’s gut microbiota from developing normally. Researchers showed, that some of the mother’s intestinal microbes can be transferred to the newborn directly after the C-section. In this way, the baby’s microbiota can be restored to a state similar to that of babies born vaginally. Singing to a preterm baby during kangaroo care reduces the mother’s anxiety and supports the relationship between mother and baby Premature birth increases the risk for mothers t...

There are many methane-producing microbes that live under glaciers and we still have much to learn about their climate impact, says Jemma Wadham