News articles tagged with 'anaerobic'
University of Minnesota engineering researcher finds new way to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria
— 23 Nov 2010 17:14 | HealthNew findings by civil engineering researchers in the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering shows that treating municipal wastewater solids at higher temperatures…
Microbes may consume far more oil-spill waste than earlier thought
— 22 Oct 2010 16:49 | EnvironmentMicrobes living at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico may consume far more of the gaseous waste from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill than previously thought, according to research carried…
First animals to live without oxygen discovered
— 8 Apr 2010 11:25 | BiologyDeep under the Mediterranean Sea small animals have been discovered that live their entire lives without oxygen and surrounded by 'poisonous' sulphides. Researchers writing in the open…
Dietary supplement speeds silver cyclists
— 24 Mar 2010 14:43 | HealthTaking arginine supplements can improve the cycling ability of over-50s. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition tested a combination…
Study suggests why circumcised men are less likely to become infected with HIV
— 6 Jan 2010 11:46 | HealthCircumcision, which substantially lowers HIV risk in men, also dramatically changes the bacterial communities of the penis, according to a study led by scientists at the Translational…
Denitrification, its importance once diluted, may be back on top
— 3 Sep 2009 11:51 | EnvironmentAfter more than a decade of inquiry, a Princeton-led team of scientists has turned the tables on a long-standing controversy to re-establish an old truth about nitrogen mixing in the…
How mercury becomes toxic in the environment
— 19 Aug 2009 12:10 | EnvironmentNaturally occurring organic matter in water and sediment appears to play a key role in helping microbes convert tiny particles of mercury in the environment into a form that is dangerous…
New possibilities for hydrogen-producing algae
— 25 Mar 2009 14:26 | TechnologyPhotosynthesis produces the food that we eat and the oxygen that we breathe - could it also help satisfy our future energy needs by producing clean-burning hydrogen? Researchers studying…
Could deep-sea microbes teach us about alien life?
— 23 Dec 2008 15:24 | BiologyHovering in a tiny submarine 1.4 miles beneath the Pacific Ocean, a University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist felt as if he were in a time machine, witnessing the ancient past,…
Evolutionary roots of ancient bacteria may open new line of attack on CF
— 17 Dec 2008 10:30 | HealthThe redox-active pigments responsible for the blue-green stain of the mucus that clogs the lungs of children and adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) are primarily signalling molecules…