VIZAG: A team of scientists has made a significant breakthrough in the fight against methylmercury, a highly toxic pollutant ...

The municipality provides the latest update on restoration work at the Percy Stewart Waste Water Treatment Works.

Biotechnology and Microbiology both deal with biological sciences, but the difference between Biotechnology and Microbiology ...

Using genes borrowed from bacteria, Macquarie University-led research has demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to ...

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen have investigated the movement patterns of unicellular, hydrogen-producing ...

Scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have identified a strain of bacteria that can break down harmful pollutants in saline environments, such as ...

Researchers have identified Dehalogenimonas strain W, a marine bacteria that breaks down toxic industrial pollutants in saline waters. This strain thrives in estuaries by producing ectoine, a ...

It is a tiny but extraordinary microorganism that thrives in toxic environments filled with heavy metals. While most life forms would perish in such conditions, this resilient bacterium has evolved to ...

Finally, they can also be used to accelerate bioremediation, a technique that uses microorganisms to break down harmful pollutants like oil into less harmful or harmless substances. “While these ...

Finally, they can also be used to accelerate bioremediation, a technique that uses microorganisms to break down harmful pollutants like oil into less harmful or harmless substances. “While these ...

But what about a virus that doesn’t make people sick — just the bacteria that infects people, effectively destroying it? That’s what bacteriophages — or, simply, phages — are ...