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Why Tiny Microbes Mean Big Things for Farming
2014-09-18 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: On a frigid day last February, Maren Friesen drove eight hours across snow-covered plains to Centralia, Pennsylvania. A fire ignited a seam of coal below the town in 1962, and more than 60 years later it's still smoldering away underground. The place is a steaming, smoldering wasteland-one that may hold a key to feeding the world. Friesen, a microbiologist, is on a hunt for a microbe thought to live in these strange, hot soils. The humble bacterium has an unusual ability that may help farmers...
Is your body mostly microbes? Actually, we have no idea
2014-09-14 07:58:19| Biotech - Topix.net
By peering deep into what he called "inner space," scientists discovered that we were never alone: Our bodies have 10 trillion cells, but we are host to 100 trillion microbes. "In other words," Relman said, "we are ten parts microbe, and one part human.
Discovered Microbes Could Help Dispose of Nuclear Waste
2014-09-10 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers have recently stumbled upon tiny single-celled organisms living underground that could aid in the disposal of radioactive waste, potentially making "green" power plants that are more viable and less harmful to the environment. While nuclear power plants themselves have always been valued for their extreme efficiency and relatively "green" nature - with little need for fossil fuels or the release of greenhouse gases - the disposal of their dangerous waste has always been a daunting...
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New Microbes, Toxins Discovered In NIH, FDA Lab...
2014-09-07 16:14:11| Biotech - Topix.net
Containers filled with several types of potentially deadly substances, including a nearly 100-year-old vial of the toxin ricin and samples of the pathogens that cause botulism and the plague , have reportedly been discovered at US National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration laboratories. The substances were discovered as part of a search launched in response to the accidental discovery of smallpox at an NIH facility in Bethesda, Maryland earlier this summer, according to BBC News .
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Power Lunch: Don't Ignore 100 Trillion Microbes
2014-09-05 20:28:00| Food Processing
The crucial link between the gut microbiome and human health and disease sets the stage for a revolution in the food industry.
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