(University of Washington) A UW-led team has taken a sample of Lake Washington mud and successfully sequenced a complete genome for an unknown microorganism.
Their method provides a way to discover new microscopic life in complex communities.
How do bacteria swim? Brown physicists explain
(Brown University) Brown University physicists have completed the most detailed study of the swimming patterns of a microbe, showing for the first time how its movement is affected by drag...
Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends Its...
As the southern pine beetle moves through the forest boring tunnels inside the bark of trees, it brings with it both a helper and a competitor. The helper is a fungus that the insect plants...
Can You Hear Me Now? Primitive Single-Celled Microbe...
When it comes to cellular communication networks, a primitive single-celled microbe that answers to the name of Monosiga brevicollis has a leg up on animals composed of billions of cells. It...
Chaos: Making a New Science
James Gleick explains the theories behind the fascinating new science called chaos. Alongside relativity and quantum mechanics, it is being hailed as the twentieth century's third revolution....
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of...
With more than 100,000 copies sold of his self-published book, The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton teams up with Hay House to bring his message to an even wider audience. This book is a...
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