1+ week, 5+ day ago   (759+ words) Antarctic soils harbor microbes found nowhere else on Earth, revealing a hidden world of life uniquely adapted to the continent’s extreme conditions. A new study has found that there are microbes in Antarctica’s soil that don’t exist anywhere else on…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (286+ words) TALLAGHT University Hospital’s Microbiology Department has been named in the top five department sustainable laboratory operations in the world. The local Microbiology Department on the local hospital campus was awarded fifth place in the Large Hospital/Clinical Laboratory category of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) The Core Concept: Paleovirology within the context of the cryosphere involves the physical extraction, isolation, and resurrection of viable, ancient microorganisms—often referred to as "zombie viruses"—that have been preserved in a state of cryptobiosis within thawing permafrost for…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (595+ words) Microbial communities may be carrying a hidden record of the temperatures and nutrient conditions in the environments where they live. A new study published in Nature Microbiology reports that environmental temperature can be predicted from microbial DNA composition alone, even…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (628+ words) Interesting science news of the week This is not about exotic infections, but about old acquaintances. The Epstein-Barr virus, which infects over 90% of the world's adult population. Cytomegalovirus. Herpes simplex viruses. And also the enigmatic anelloviruses, which until recently were…...