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This week in science: fish healing hearing, loneliness cures, and Conan the Bacterium
1 week, 6 days ago

This week in science: fish healing hearing, loneliness cures, and Conan the Bacterium

NPR  

This week in science: fish healing hearing, loneliness cures, and Conan the Bacterium NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Kwong and Jessica Yung about hearing regeneration in fish and lizards, cures for the loneliness epidemic, and the secrets of a radiation-resistant microorganism. But over the years, scientists have suspected that the bacteria's radiation shield has probably something to do with …

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‘Conan the Bacterium’ is extremely radiation-resistant for a surprising reason
2 weeks ago

‘Conan the Bacterium’ is extremely radiation-resistant for a surprising reason

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — A type of bacteria called Deinococcus radiodurans, nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” for its ability to survive the harshest of extremes, can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than those that would kill a human being — and the secret to its success is rooted in an antioxidant. When dried and …

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‘Conan the Bacterium’ is extremely radiation-resistant for a surprising reason
2 weeks ago

‘Conan the Bacterium’ is extremely radiation-resistant for a surprising reason

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — A type of bacteria called Deinococcus radiodurans, nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” for its ability to survive the harshest of extremes, can withstand radiation doses 28,000 times greater than those that would kill a human being — and the secret to its success is rooted in an antioxidant. When dried and …

Radiation Study Daly Hoffman Mdp Manganese Antioxidant
Scientifically Speaking | How to stop a cancer-causing bacterium
4 months ago

Scientifically Speaking | How to stop a cancer-causing bacterium

Hindustan Times  

A certain type of bacterium, known as Helicobacter pylori, is responsible for a range of ailments, including ulcers and, more alarmingly, gastric cancer. Marshall famously drank a culture of H. pylori to prove that the bacterium could infect a healthy person and cause gastritis, which ultimately helped confirm H. pylori as the cause of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. Previously, …

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Superbug that now kills 300,000 people a year evolved rapidly from common bacteria
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Superbug that now kills 300,000 people a year evolved rapidly from common bacteria

The Independent  

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Paper-based platform for rapid detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
10 months, 1 week ago

Paper-based platform for rapid detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The Hindu  

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research have developed a paper-based platform which could help quickly detect the presence of antibiotic-resistant, disease-causing bacteria. They have developed a rapid diagnosis protocol that uses a luminescent paper-based platform to detect the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In another, the bacterium produces an enzyme called β-lactamase, …

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Was an ancient bacterium awakened by an industrial accident?
11 months, 1 week ago

Was an ancient bacterium awakened by an industrial accident?

Live Mint  

New species are generally found rather than awakened. The oil rig’s drill penetrated the third level of the salt mine, creating a drain in the lake’s floor. A canal that drained the lake into the Gulf of Mexico began flowing backwards as the water level fell, briefly creating the tallest waterfall in Louisiana, while muddy geysers erupted from mine shafts. …

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New antibiotic identified to target a drug-resistant bacterium
11 months, 2 weeks ago

New antibiotic identified to target a drug-resistant bacterium

The Hindu  

January 04, 2024 10:46 pm | Updated 10:46 pm IST - CHENNAI Researchers have identified a new class of antibiotics with the potential to tackle a drug-resistant bacterium, Acinetobacter baumannii. Writing in Nature, Zampaloni et al and Pahil et al reported the identification and analysis of the antibiotic zosurabalpin that can kill Acinetobacter baumannii, antibiotic-resistant strains of which are hard …

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Can Eating Leftover Rice Kill You? Here’s The Science Behind ‘Fried Rice Syndrome’
1 year, 1 month ago

Can Eating Leftover Rice Kill You? Here’s The Science Behind ‘Fried Rice Syndrome’

Huff Post  

Once again, TikTok has spurred intense conversations relating to food safety. When people ingest the organism or the toxin, they become ill.” The spores generally germinate when the food sits in what Shumaker defines as “the temperature danger zone,” between 40 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit. “If cooked foods are promptly refrigerated, it means that the organism will not multiply to …

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Heat-temperature marine bacteria help detoxify asbestos, says study
1 year, 7 months ago

Heat-temperature marine bacteria help detoxify asbestos, says study

Hindustan Times  

Asbestos materials were once widely used in homes, buildings, automobile brakes, and many other construction materials due to their strength, resistance to heat and fire, and poor electrical conductivity. "Iron has been identified as a major component driving the toxicity of asbestos minerals and its removal from asbestos minerals has been shown to decrease their toxic properties," said Ileana Perez-Rodriguez, …

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Origins of plague could have emerged centuries before outbreaks, new study suggests
1 year, 11 months ago

Origins of plague could have emerged centuries before outbreaks, new study suggests

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — In the largest DNA analysis of its kind, scientists have found evidence to suggest that historic plague pandemics, such as the Black Death, were not caused by newly evolved strains of bacteria but ones that could have emerged up to centuries before their outbreaks. “It shows that each major plague …

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IISc scientists develop gold-coated vesicles to fight tuberculosis
2 years, 3 months ago

IISc scientists develop gold-coated vesicles to fight tuberculosis

The Hindu  

To combat tuberculosis, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science have designed a new method under which a vaccine candidate for the disease can be delivered by making use of Outer Membrane Vesicles. Agarwal’s group decided to take a slightly varied approach and made use of OMVs — which are spherical membrane-bound particles released by some bacteria, and contain an …

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Newly-discovered bacterium named after SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier
2 years, 3 months ago

Newly-discovered bacterium named after SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier

ABC  

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer has joined a list of stars including Beyonce, Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger by having a newly discovered species named after them. Key points: A newly discovered species of bacteria has been named after SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier The scientists who discovered it say they appreciated her science-based approach to the …

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Largest-known bacterium found in mangrove — and you can see it without a microscope
2 years, 6 months ago

Largest-known bacterium found in mangrove — and you can see it without a microscope

ABC  

In a stinky, swampy mangrove forest in the French Caribbean, a strange giant lurks among the fallen leaves. Key points: Scientists have found a bacterium that is thousands of times larger than most bacteria Its genetic blueprint is stored in a similar way to more complex organisms The discovery challenges the idea that bacteria are simple microbes It looks more …

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Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in years, largely due to COVID-19 pandemic
3 years, 2 months ago

Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in years, largely due to COVID-19 pandemic

LA Times  

The number of tuberculosis deaths has risen for the first time in more than a decade, largely because fewer people got tested and treated as resources were diverted to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization said Thursday. In its yearly report on TB, the United Nations health agency said 1.5 million people worldwide died of the bacterial disease …

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Bacteria-contaminated embryos implanted in 16 women during IVF treatments
3 years, 3 months ago

Bacteria-contaminated embryos implanted in 16 women during IVF treatments

NL Times  

The VUmc implanted embryos possibly infected with the Sphingomonas koreensis bacterium in 16 women, the Amsterdam hospital confirmed to NH Nieuws. The bacterium can cause meningitis and is generally not dangerous to healthy people, but the hospital does not yet know what effect it will have on the affected mothers and embryos. It involves a total of 31 women whose …

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