New Gut Bacteria Therapy Could Prevent And Reverse Food Allergies
Scientists have found that certain beneficial gut bacteria protect against food allergies, the absence of them in the gut is what causes a food allergy. It’s such a common condition that in America...
View ArticleScientists Find Potential Elusive Molecule That Sparks Multiple Sclerosis
When someone has multiple sclerosis (MS), their immune cells target the nervous system instead of the intruding bacteria and viruses. For a long time, it had been suspected that a self-antigen—a normal...
View ArticleHarvard Study: 10 Trillion Asteroids Are Likely Spreading Life Throughout The...
Although Earth is the only place that harbors life that we know of, that doesn’t mean there isn’t other life out there. There is a theory that life could hitch a ride on asteroids or comets to jump...
View ArticleThese Coral Are Choosing To Eat Bits Of Plastic Over Shrimp Eggs
In a recent study, scientists have discovered that some wild coral are feeding on tiny shreds of plastic trash. What’s worse is, they are actually preferring these ‘microplastics’ over their natural...
View ArticleScientists Turn Seafood Shell Waste Into Biodegradable Plastic
Shellfish are a popular dining experience for people all over the world. So much so that 6 to 8 million metric tons of crab, shrimp and lobster shell waste gets generated by the food industry every...
View ArticleStrange New Uses For Bacteria From Living Batteries To Finding Tumors
Not all bacteria are harmful, and some have proven to be quite useful. It turns out that they can do all kinds of things! To name a few, scientists have been using bacteria to generate electricity,...
View ArticleScientists Find Beneficial Parasite That Protects Mosquitoes From Malaria
Scientists at the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya have found a parasite in wild Anopheles mosquito populations that protects the insect from malaria infection. The organism, which they have called...
View ArticleScientists Revive 100M Year-Old Microbes From The Seafloor
Japanese and American scientists have successfully sprung tiny microbes back to life that had lain dormant 250 feet below the seafloor since the dinosaur age (the Mesozoic Era), allowing them to eat...
View ArticleNew Bioplastic Made From Fatty Waste Degrades In One Year
Traditional plastics are made from non-renewable petroleum and take centuries to degrade. German scientists have developed a new plastic alternative that should break down within 12 months. The...
View ArticleSpecific Gut Bacteria Linked to Depression Identified
Gut Bacteria And Mental Health What you eat may control how you think, according to new study reports. It has been found that two different gut bacteria are depleted in people with depression,...
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