In recent years, scientists have developed many strains of bacteria that can be used as sensors to detect environmental pollutants such as heavy metals.
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Smallest shop of horror: Hungry green algae prefer to eat living bacteria
New US National Science FoundationFunded research suggests that the ability of green algae to eat bacteria is more widespread than previously thought, a finding
Potato wastewater could feed bacteria that are used to recycle high-tech equipment
Every year, it takes millions of gallons of water to clean, peel, and slice Idaho's potatoes before making them into any number of products,
Can bacteria make better crack-resistant materials?
Biological systems can use living cells for growth and regeneration, but technical systems cannot – or have not been able to do so until
Can bacteria make stronger armor, cars, and planes?
Biological systems can use their living cells for growth and regeneration, but technical systems cannot. Until now. Qiming Wang Researchers at the USC Viterbi
Stressed bacteria provide insights into antibiotic resistance
For a bacterium, the world can be a difficult place to survive, in constant competition for food and space. Some bacteria like it Pseudomonas
Can bacteria make better crack-resistant materials?
Biological systems can use living cells for growth and regeneration, but technical systems cannot – or have not been able to do so until
How an “antibiotic” helps bacteria to eat
Scientists have known for years that certain bacteria produce molecules that are toxic to other bacteria when there is competition for food and space.
Electric wire bacteria breathe oxygen with incredible efficiency
Ten years ago, researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark reported the discovery of centimeter-long cable bacteria that conduct an electric current from one end
Social bacteria build shelters using the physics of fingerprints
Forest-dwelling bacteria, known to form slimy swarms that prey on other microbes, can also work together to build fungal survival shelters known as fruiting