Strange microbe “breathes” nitrates using a mitochondria-like symbiont
A relatively recent symbiosis is reminiscent of the ‘powerhouse of the cell.’ Enlarge / The bacteria (yellow) live inside a larger eukaryotic cell. (credit: MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY) Deep in Switzerland's Lake Zug swim.....»»
Meet Bilophila wadsworthia—a gut microbe that"s both friend and foe
You may not have heard of hydrogen sulfide, but I bet you'd recognize the smell. Hydrogen sulfide is the gas responsible for the rotten-egg odor that you come across near stagnant water and in drains. This gas is also highly toxic when inhaled......»»
Researchers capture strange behavior of laser-excited gold
New research, conducted at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, illuminates the strange behavior of gold when zapped with high-energy laser pulses......»»
Scientists discover microbe unique to New Zealand
Professor Matthew Stott co-leads a team of researchers from Canterbury and Waikato universities that has identified an endemic genus of geothermal microorganisms—a discovery believed to be a world-first......»»
NASA Mars rover looks up, sees its strange moon eclipsing the sun
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover captured an image of the Martian moon Phobos eclipsing the sun. The robotic rover is looking for evidence of past life on the Red Planet's surface. There aren't any Martians around to watch eclipses on Mars. But t.....»»
Bizarre snake-like worm"s secrets revealed in CT scans
Amphisbaenians are strange creatures. Like worms with vertebrae, scales, a large central tooth and sometimes small forearms, these reptiles live underground, burrowing tunnels and preying on just about anything they encounter, not unlike a miniature.....»»
NASA launches a billion-dollar Earth science mission Trump tried to cancel
“It has been a long, strange trip," says the top scientist on NASA's PACE mission. Enlarge / NASA's PACE spacecraft last year at Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland. (credit: NASA) NASA's latest mission dedicated to.....»»
Microfluidic environments alter microbe behaviors, opening potential for engineering their social evolution
Microbes are social beings. Much like humans, they communicate and cooperate with each other to solve problems bigger than themselves. In a microbial community, there will even be free riders and others that police them......»»
Asteroid that impacted near Berlin identified as a rare aubrite
An official classification now aligns with what many suspected from merely looking at the images of the strange meteorites that fell near Berlin on January 21, 2024. They belong to a rare group called "aubrites.".....»»
You Can’t Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even If You Wanted To
The only two restaurants in the US to sell cultivated meat have paused sales for now, leaving the industry in a strange limbo......»»
Raspberry Pi is planning a London IPO, but its CEO expects “no change” in focus
Eben Upton says hobbyists remain "incredibly important" while he's involved. Enlarge / Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! (credit: Andrew Cunningham).....»»
Raspberry Pi is preparing for an IPO in London for likely more than $500M
CEO says firm will "keep doing the same stuff," at least "while I'm in charge." Enlarge / Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! (credit: Andrew Cunningham).....»»
"Old smokers": Strange new type of star discovered in Milky Way
Nearing the end of their life, they sit quietly for long periods of time, barely noticeable, before suddenly puffing out a cloud of smoke......»»
Wild Apples: The 12 weirdest and rarest Macs ever made
Since 1984, Apple has made some strange Macintosh computers. How many have you used? Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Jonathan Zufi / Apple) Forty years ago today, Apple released the first Macintosh. Since that fateful da.....»»
Every "True Detective: Night Country" opening credits clue you may have missed
A roundup of the potential clues in the "True Detective: Night Country" opening sequence. True Detective has always been a show full of strange symbols and half-hidden clues, and Night Country is no exception.Putting aside the spirals and the L.....»»
Energy supply in human cells is subject to quality control, researchers discover
Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) have discovered a new quality control mechanism that regulates energy production in human cells. This process takes place in mitochondria, the power plants of the cell......»»
Modeling framework finds fungal "bouncers" patrol plant-microbe relationship
A new computational framework created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers is accelerating their understanding of who's in, who's out, who's hot and who's not in the soil microbiome, where fungi often act as bodyguards for plants, keeping fri.....»»
US in deep freeze while much of the world is extra toasty? Yet again, it"s climate change
Much of the United States is shivering through brutal cold as most of the rest of the world is feeling unusually warm weather. However strange it sounds, that contradiction fits snugly in explanations of what climate change is doing to Earth, scienti.....»»
The mystery of Siberia"s strange exploding craters may have finally been solved
The mystery of Siberia"s strange exploding craters may have finally been solved.....»»
Long COVID: Damaged mitochondria in muscles might be linked to some of the symptoms
It's estimated around 3% of people in the UK experience long COVID—persistent, long-lasting symptoms after a COVID-19 infection......»»
Cellular clean energy: Can mitochondria make more energy without collateral damage?
Is it possible to amp up the energy production of mitochondria without also boosting potentially harmful byproducts? If so, such a method could be used to treat a host of neurodegenerative diseases in which impaired mitochondria are believed to play.....»»