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Fighting Bacteria With Sloth Fur

As bacteria become increasingly resistant to antibiotics, so do many struggles arise when it comes to fighting disease. It is very easy to take for granted that we can care for a small infection with...

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Bionic Mushrooms: A New Sustainable Energy Source

There is a growing importance in the need to find economically viable alternative energy sources to fossil fuels. Biofuel derived from biomass (which is any organic material coming from any form of...

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Specific 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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Study: High Fiber Diets Improve Cancer Treatments, Probiotics Make Things Worse

The food choices we make should be decided upon with great consideration, some people more than others. For instance, a person’s diet can affect how well immunotherapies work against cancer. High-fiber...

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Healthy Fatty Acids In Dirt May Fend Off Anxiety Disorders And Relieve Stress

Around thirty years ago, scientists coined the term “hygiene hypothesis” which suggests that increased exposure to microorganisms could benefit health. Today, researchers from the University of...

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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...

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Scientists 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...

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Harvard 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...

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These 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...

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Scientists 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...

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Strange 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,...

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Scientists 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...

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Scientists 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...

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New 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...

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Study: High Fiber Diets Improve Cancer Treatments, Probiotics Make Things Worse

The food choices we make should be decided upon with great consideration, some people more than others. For instance, a person’s diet can affect how well immunotherapies work against cancer. High-fiber...

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