Researchers discover bacteria in fog droplets are alive: clear toxins from air
On May 14, 2026, researcher Thi Thuong Thuong Cao as a PhD student at Arizona State University (ASU)…
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New microscope reveals living cells in unprecedented detail
On Mar. 2, 2026, Stanford scientists announced that a one-of-a-kind instrument can show cell structures interacting in real…
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Stealthy Spacecraft Bacteria Can Play Dead to Survive
On Sept. 4, 2025, a University of Houston lead team announced research showing that a bacterial species found…
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Two patient cases of Legionella pneumonia reported
On Jun. 10, 2025, two patients treated within the past two months at the University of Washington Medical…
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New strain of bacteria found on China’s Tiangong space station
On May 17, 2025, Chinese scientists announced they have discovered a new microbe that developed on board the…
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Scientists described the first-ever successful in situ collection of a bacteria that eats and breathes electricity
On Mar. 5, 2019, scientists at Washington State University (WSU) described the first-ever successful in situ collection of…
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The Diamond v. Chakrabarty case argued before U.S. Supreme Court
On Mar. 17, 1980, Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty filed a patent application assigned to the General Electric Co. for…
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Deinococcus radiodurans was first reported
In 1956, Deinococcus (Micrococcus) radiodurans strain R1 (ATCC BAA-816), the most radiation-resistant organisms yet discovered, was first reported…
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Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase verified genes were made of DNA
In 1952, Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase conducted a series of experiments at the Carnegie Institute of Washington…
