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Scientists have bioengineered bacteria that would convert waste into high-value chemicals, such as itaconic acid for the polymer industry and wastewater treatment.

It may seem like an unusual place to go looking for answers, but the contents of a baby's first diaper can reveal a lot about a newborn's future...

Microbiology Microbiology Microbiology is the study of organisms that are too small to be seen with the naked eye. At BGSU, our microbiology program focuses on critical worldwide issues that range from multi-drug resistant pathogens to harmful algal blooms. Students not only learn about these current topics but also perform environmental and medical related research in their classes. Our curriculum is unique in combining education and research to promote students’ interests in sci...

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To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Many of today’s geoscientists are carbon voyeurs. Knowing that human disregard for the carbon cycle has screwed the climate, they have kept a close eye on carbons hottest variants—carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane. Both gasses trap heat on the planet through the greenhouse effect, and over a span of 100 years methane is 28 times more potent than CO 2. Rigorously accounting for greenhouse gas flow is step one of building mod...

Aboard an Australian research vessel, the RV Investigator, we sailed for 63 days from Antarctica’s ice edge to the warm equator in the South Pacific and collected 387 water samples. Our goal? To determine how the genetic code of thousands of different micro-organisms can provide insights into the ocean’s functional diversity — the range of tasks performed by bacteria in the ocean. Our research was published yesterday in Nature Communications. It showed how bacteria can help us measure sh...

Australian schools need better ventilation to improve student health and productivity, says new UNSW research. Many Australian school kids could be learning in classrooms with poor indoor air quality that exceeds safety guidelines. A team from the UNSW Sydney’s School of Built Environment found concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in classrooms peaked significantly higher than the 850-ppm threshold prescribed by the National Construction Code due to a lack of proper ventilation. The study...

Effective sterilisation methods are essential in any laboratory, whether researchers are working with deadly viruses, patient blood samples or toxic chemicals. Click to read more...

Date Time COVID-19 in our dust may help predict outbreaks, study finds A study done in rooms where COVID-19 patients were isolated shows that the virus’s RNA – part of the genetic material inside a virus – can persist up to a month in dust. The study did not evaluate whether dust can transmit the virus to humans. It could, however, offer another option for monitoring COVID-19 outbreaks in specific buildings, including nursing homes, offices or schools. Karen Dannemiller, senior author of ...

Leeuwenhoek, who discovered bacteria, is one of the most important figures in the history of medicine, laying the groundwork for today's understanding of infectious disease.