UK scientists get 4 mn pounds to develop `designer bacteria`

Last Updated: Friday, November 16, 2012, 11:06

The UK government has granted 4 million pounds to develop `designer bacteria` tools for the production of useful strains of micro-organisms.

Bacteria that function as living electrical cables found

Last Updated: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 21:52

Danish scientists have discovered that some bacteria form a kind of gigantic power lines to survive between the different layers of marine mud.

Scientists discover bacteria that can produce 24-carat gold

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 19:07

Scientists have discovered a bacteria that has the ability to withstand incredible amounts of toxicity and can be the key to creating 24-carat gold.

Evolution involves step-by-step process

Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2012, 19:39

Researchers at Michigan State University have documented the step-by-step process in which organisms evolve new functions.

Novel drugs `disarm not destroy` antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 18:44

A Case Western Reserve University researcher has discovered novel antivirulence drugs that, without killing the bacteria, render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly referred to as strep, harmless by preventing the production of toxins that cause disease.

Railways to set up bacteria generation plants for bio toilets

Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 14:19

Railways is setting up a bacteria generation plant at the Rail Coach Factory here to meet the requirement of bio toilets in trains.

500mn-year-old bacteria recreated in lab

Last Updated: Saturday, July 14, 2012, 14:31

A 500 million-year-old bacteria has been brought back to life in a laboratory at Georgia Tech in an experiment with echoes of Stephen Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, where scientists recreated dinosaurs using ancient DNA.

Arctic bacteria help find life on Jupiter`s Icy Moon

Last Updated: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 18:58

It is not easy to search for life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons: Europa as just getting there can be a problem.

Bacteria that haven’t eaten for 86 million years found

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 17:49

Researchers including one of Indian origin have discovered deep-sea bacteria at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that can almost survive without food - they haven’t eaten for an incredible 86 million years.

`Scientists should ‘cool it’ on alien life claims`

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 18:05

Scientists and the media should stop “crying wolf” about new life forms, according to a well-known molecular biologist.

Magnetic bacteria to help build future bio-computers

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 17:49

Researchers have suggested that magnet-making bacteria may be used for building biological computers of the future.

NASA`s Viking robots found life on Mars 36 years ago

Last Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012, 17:14

A new analysis of 36-year-old data, resuscitated from printouts, shows that NASA found life on Mars, an international team of mathematicians and scientists have revealed.