Some microbes, simple as they may be, have an ability to gather energy from extreme sources like sulfur, formic acid, minerals, and… electricity? Yes, electricity. A team led by Peter Girguis from Harvard has discovered how a certain bacteria gets its energetic needs from electrons pulled from the environment. The results of this study were…
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Cheap Vaccine Has Almost Wiped Meningitis A From Africa
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Another vaccine triumph: Just five years after a cheap jab for meningitis A was developed, the devastating disease is almost gone from the parts of Africa it has ravaged for the past century. While its success should be heralded, this is by no means time for complacency. The World Health Organization(WHO) has warned that this…
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This Crowdfunding Project Lets You Edit DNA From In Own Home
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If youve been keeping up with science news, youve probably heard of CRISPR, the not-so-new gene editing technique on the block. Its not as scary as it might sound: we actually stole it from bacteria, which use it as a defense mechanism against viruses. And the places it could take us are tantalizing. Imagine a…