Microbiology News

The 2008 American Society for Microbiology ICAAC Young Investigator Award will be presented to Ekaterina Heldwein, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, ...

Via The Daily Star : BAU teacher invents easy device to detect bird flu . Excerpt: A scientist at Bangladesh Agricultural University has developed a cheap and easy device for detection of avian influenza .

The Health Protection Agency is a contributor to two research consortia who have been granted a total of Euro 9million by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration to carry out crucial research into microbiology ...

Submitted by News Account on 16 July 2008 - 5:00am. Energy Hydrogen has three times more potential energy by weight than petrol, making it the highest energy-content fuel available.

Submitted by News Account on 10 July 2008 - 12:00am. Microbiology A group of researchers at the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen have developed models of neural networks that ...

FOOD waste could fuel a Moray processing plant and help cut down on landfill. Speyfruit Ltd is developing plans to set up a biodigester to gobble up the 25 tonnes of food peelings currently being dumped every ...

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A Dundee University scientist is promoting the idea of using seaweed and other algae to run cars on.

Parapneumonic empyema continues to be a disease of significant morbidity and mortality among children despite recent advances in medical management.

T he Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital laboratory has welcomed new microbiology equipment that converts traditional bacterial identification and antibiotic sensitivity testing into an automated process.

Now, this ability of microorganisms to grow from an almost infinite variety of food sources may play a significant role in bailing out society from its current energy crisis, according to the Biodesign ...

A bacterial infection killed the baby peregrine falcons that hatched atop the Washington Mutual Tower in downtown Seattle during the spring.

Scientists from across the world have formed a team to unlock the process refined by a billions-year old archaea.

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Perhaps their size makes them easy to ignore until it's too late. But state and federal governments are being urged to move to stamp out antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' before they overwhelm Australia's ...

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Allergy Bacteria that cause pneumonic plague can evade our first-line defences, making it difficult for the body to fight infection.

Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma ; MRSA / Drug Resistance ; Genetics Article Date: 06 Jul 2008 - 7:00 PDT Scientists have uncovered a new target for ...

Fungi can cause a number of life-threatening diseases but they also are becoming increasingly useful to science and manufacturing every year.

Beaches in Northeastern Wisconsin are healthy enough to be open, but the weather could change that.

Scientists have uncovered a new target for the potential treatment of TB, finally resolving a long-running debate about how the bacterial cell wall is built.