All Microbiology


Honey, I shrunk the cell culture

Added: 24 Jun 2020

From ‘Fantastic Voyage’ to ‘Despicable Me’, shrink rays have been a science-fiction staple on scree…

Return to work safely: Environmental surface swabbing

Added: 18 May 2020

In light of the UK government’s request for employers to enable staff to safely return to work wher…

Confirmed: SARS-CoV-2 has not mutated

Added: 6 May 2020

Analysis work from the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research provides evidence that S…

Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed

Added: 6 May 2020

The Infection Biology Unit of the German Primate Center (DPZ) - Leibniz Institute for Primate Resea…

Open-Source AI-derived drug discovery data to help combat COVID-19

Added: 28 Apr 2020

Recursion, a digital biology company industrialising drug discovery, released its open-source RxRx1…

Defending our last line

Added: 10 Sep 2019

Swift action is vital in the battle against AMR. But as our last lines of defense begin to fall to …

Ancient yeast leavens bread

Added: 7 Aug 2019

A 4,500-year-old strain of yeast sampled from ancient Egyptian pottery has been used to bake bread.

Porous rocks support prebiotic evolution theory

Added: 7 Aug 2019

The water-air interface found at pores in volcanic rocks could have been the location of the chemic…

UK food safety company partners cannabis producer

Added: 5 Aug 2019

Scottish food safety company R-Biopharm Rhône will supply its test kits to an unnamed Canadian cann…

Agar Scientific buys London Resin Company

Added: 2 Aug 2019

Laboratory equipment supplier Agar Scientific has acquired London Resin Company for an undisclosed …

Algal biofuels face diverse pathogens

Added: 24 Jul 2019

DNA analysis of a predatory bacterium has revealed a much higher level of genetic diversity than pr…

Beyond the code

Added: 22 Jul 2019

Genomics has been revolutionary – but have we forgotten cell biology in the push for an ever more r…

Electrical pulses identify live bacteria

Added: 19 Jun 2019

A new bioelectrical device that can differentiate dead or alive bacteria within minutes could offer…

Plague bacterium located in Britain

Added: 6 Jun 2019

The first genetic evidence of the Justinian Plague in the British Isles suggests multiple strains o…

Blooming marvellous

Added: 31 May 2019

Aquaculture, cosmetics and even a unique superfood… microalgae are proving to be a rising star for …

Climate change boosts banana disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 May 2019

Climate change has been found to raise the risk of a fungal disease in banana crops.!--more--

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Antimicrobial microrobots remove biofilms

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 May 2019

Magnetic microrobots could offer an alternative to antibacterial drugs as a way of destroying biofi…

Oil-degrading bacterium

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2019

Hydrocarbon-eating bacteria found in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans could help clean up mad…

Chlorophyll-producing organism is non-photosynthetic

Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Apr 2019

Biologists have identified the first organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in p…

NASA details ISS microbes

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Apr 2019

A comprehensive study of bacteria and fungi found on surfaces on the International Space Station co…