Singling out a bacterium from the crowd
Bacteria are nearly ubiquitous and have tremendous impacts on human and ecological health. And yet, they remain largely mysterious to us. Princeton MOL faculty Zemer Gitai, Britt Adamson and Ned Wingreen launched a joint effort to develop new tools t.....»»
Big crowd gathers for American Dream Mall Apple Store opening
Crowds lined up to attend the opening of the new Apple Store at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey on Saturday, one that also provided shoppers with a specially-branded tote bag.Apple American Dream launch logoApple's opening of the Apple American.....»»
The most innovative headphones of 2022
2022 saw tons of new headphones and earbuds. And while many offered rock-solid improvements to the formula, these are the ones that stood out from the crowd......»»
Plane Spotting (And More!): Put your spare gear to use as a feeder for community-based data exchanges
If you’ve ever used a flight-tracking app or looked up local weather on Weather Underground, you’ve likely accessed data supplied, in part, by volunteer contributors. Crowd-sourced data exchanges collect this information and share.....»»
Earth at 8 billion: Consumption not crowd is key to climate
The world is getting hotter and more crowded and the two issues are connected, but not quite as much as people might think, experts say......»»
Research reveals how a common bacterium may spread from the intestine
A typical gut bacterium that can spread through the body and cause a serious infection resists natural immune defenses and antibiotics by enhancing its protective outer layer, known as the cell envelope, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medi.....»»
Science confirms: to light up the dance floor, turn up the bass
Electronic music lovers know the drill: as soon as the DJ turns up the bass, the crowd goes wild and dances with heightened enthusiasm. But to what extent is this a conscious reaction?.....»»
What to Do if You"re Trapped in a Surging Crowd
Crowd management experts explain the factors that enabled Seoul’s deadly crowd crush.....»»
Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds
One of the smallest and mightiest organisms on the planet is a plant-like bacterium known to marine biologists as Prochlorococcus. The green-tinted microbe measures less than a micron across, and its populations suffuse through the upper layers of th.....»»
2023 Ford Transit Trail aims for RV crowd
The van, available this spring, will be highly customizable and start at $67,770, including shipping......»»
Video games invade the art world in MoMA’s Never Alone exhibition
Are games art? Who cares. Exhibit is more interested in how they bring us together. Enlarge / Video games... in a museum?! A crowd of people gathers to spectate. Everyone is smiling, cheering on the Pac-Man player as sh.....»»
Earthly Microbes Might Survive on Mars for Hundreds of Millions of Years
An organism nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” may have what it takes to live on Mars.....»»
House of Marley Get Together 2 XL review: loud, proud, and made for a crowd
This bamboo boombox can power a party, but its style makes it a fine choice for any room in your home......»»
Genome sequencing of Moraxella bovis opens new doors for interventions against "pinkeye" in cattle
Scientists have revealed that there are two different variants, or genotypes of Moraxella bovis (M. bovis), a bacterium known to cause pinkeye in cattle. This finding helps scientists understand how different types of M. bovis cause infection in live.....»»
A ton of inflatable Halloween decorations are on sale at Amazon, including some $10 options
Save up to 63%: As of Oct. 17, a ton of inflatable holiday yard decor from Goosh is between 30% and 63% off at Amazon, bringing some inflatables as low as $9.99.Inflatable Halloween decor is a universal good. It's a crowd pleaser for trick-or-treater.....»»
Pockets of resistance found in survey of pathogen diversity
Unparalleled insights into the secret life of Streptococcus pneumoniae, the bacterium responsible for hundreds of thousands of infant deaths each year, have been revealed by new research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oxford, t.....»»
New broad-spectrum antibiotic comes from a pathogenic bacterium in potatoes
The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance has led researchers to search for new compounds everywhere. This week in mBio, a multinational team of researchers in Europe report the discovery of a new antifungal antibiotic named solanimycin. The com.....»»
Seeing antibiotics in action inside a pathogenic bacterium
Every living cell relies on proteins in order to function and the process of protein synthesis—translation—is critical for survival. Bacteria are no exception, with molecular machines involved in translation being one of the most common targets f.....»»
Viruses to Fight Superbugs? Scientists Are Working on It
Phages may help fight drug-resistant infections—but finding the right ones for each bacterium is no mean feat......»»
How to Design the Perfect Queue, According to Crowd Science
The line to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state is snaking across central London. Could it have been done better?.....»»
House of the Dragon episode 1 recap: There will be blood, and a new queen
There were times while watching the lavish and intermittently bloody spectacle of Episode 1 of HBO’s House of the Dragon when I felt a little like the crowd roaring in approval from the stands during King Viserys Targaryen’s tournament to celebra.....»»