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Published Squash bugs are attracted to and eat each other's poop to stock their microbiome
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Squash bugs, a common and difficult-to-control agricultural pest, need healthy bacteria in their gut ...
Published Bacteria as Blacksmiths
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A hot bath is a place to relax. For scientists, it is also where molecules or tiny building blocks m...
Published Sophisticated swarming: Bacteria support each other across generations
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source When bacteria build communities, they cooperate and share nutrients across generations. Researchers ...
Published How researchers turn bacteria into cellulose-producing mini-factories
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have modified certain bacteria with UV light so that they produce more cellulose. The ba ...
Published Wood-eating clams use their feces to dominate their habitat - Wood-Eating Clams: How They Use Their Feces to Dominate Their Habitat
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers didn't know what to make of sunken pieces of wood that were so thoroughly chewed-up by c...
Published Research into birds killed in window collisions reveals their microbiomes - Research into Birds Killed in Window Collisions Reveals Their Microbiomes
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers collected the bodies of birds that crashed into buildings while migrating, and used thes...
Published Deep Earth electrical grid mystery solved
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source To 'breathe' in an environment without oxygen, bacteria in the ground beneath our feet depend upon a ...
Published Giant phage holds promise as treatment for lung infections
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have discovered a new bacterial killer that can target common lung infection caused by B...
Published Humans are leaving behind a 'frozen signature' of microbes on Mount Everest - Humans are Leaving Behind a 'Frozen Signature' of Microbes on Mount Everest
(via sciencedaily.com) Thanks to technological advances in microbial DNA analysis, researchers have discovered that mountai...
Published Microbial miners could help humans colonize the moon and Mars - Microbial Miners: The Key to Colonizing the Moon and Mars
(via sciencedaily.com) The biochemical process by which cyanobacteria acquire nutrients from rocks in Chile's Atacama Deser...
Published Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California's Mono Lake
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Mono Lake is a beautiful but harsh environment, its salty and arsenic-laced water home to brine shri...
Published Researchers discover that the ice cap is teeming with microorganisms - Researchers Discover That the Ice Cap is Teeming with Microorganisms
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Greenlandic ice is teeming with life, both on the surface and underneath. There are microscopic orga...
Published Do hummingbirds drink alcohol? More often than you think - Do Hummingbirds Drink Alcohol? More Often Than You Think
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Animals that eat fruit or sip nectar often ingest alcohol because naturally occurring yeasts turning...
Published Iron-rich rocks unlock new insights into Earth's planetary history - Iron-rich Rocks Unlock New Insights into Earth's Planetary History
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study suggests iron-rich ancient sediments may have helped cause some of the largest volcanic...
Published Discovery of world's oldest DNA breaks record by one million years - Discovery of World's Oldest DNA Breaks Record by One Million Years
(via sciencedaily.com) Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified -- opening a 'game-changing' new chapter in the history...
Published Why icicles are rippled - Why Icicles are Rippled
(via sciencedaily.com) Winter is coming to an end; the last nights of below zero temperatures are here. In the morning, one...
Published Brain circuits for locomotion evolved long before appendages and skeletons - Brain Circuits for Locomotion Evolved Long Before Appendages and Skeletons
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists found parallels between the neural circuitry that guides locomotion in sea slugs and in m...
Published The rediscovery of an ethereal fairy lantern brightly illuminates their mysterious past - The Rediscovery of an Ethereal Fairy Lantern Brightly Illuminates Their Mysterious Past
(via sciencedaily.com) After more than 30 years, botanists have rediscovered Thismia kobensis, a type of mysterious-looking...
Published Water molecules define the materials around us - Water Molecules: The Defining Factor of the Materials Around Us
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new paper argues that materials like wood, bacteria, and fungi belong to a newly identified class ...
Published The life below our feet: Team discovers microbes thriving in groundwater and producing oxygen in the dark - The Life Below Our Feet: Microbes Thriving in Groundwater and Producing Oxygen in the Dark
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A survey of groundwater samples drawn from aquifers beneath more than 80,000 square miles of Canadia...