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Beating Antibiotic Resistance Could Be a Bigger Challenge in Space

Surat Parvatam 06/02/2019

Many spaceflight agencies around the world are preparing for...

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Infinite in All Directions: India’s Caves, Quantum Dots, the Mathematicus

Vasudevan Mukunth 23/01/2017

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A cluster of JCVI-syn3.0 cells, showing spherical structures of varying sizes. Each of these cells possesses Craig Venter's 'minimal genome' of 475 genes. Source: 10.1126/science.aad6253

What We’re Looking for When We’re Looking for the Smallest Set of Genes Essential for Life

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 26/04/2016

Many bacterial genomes carry genes essential to life as...

The current window display at the Wellcome Trust which creates images by using petri dishes of bacterial colonies as pixels, 2009. Caption & credit: gwire/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Starved Bacterium is the Mirror of Civilisation

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 26/02/2016

It's amazing what bacteria will do to keep themselves,...

Bacteria know no borders. Credit: shankaronline/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Is the Antibiotic Apocalypse Nigh?

Michael Loughlin 22/11/2015

Antibiotic resistant infections are a worldwide issue, and the...

Colorised scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip. Credit: niaid/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

In 5 Years, Threat Of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Doubles

Charu Bahri 07/11/2015

A 72-year-old woman in Bengaluru consulted a hospital physician...

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Bacteria, Genetics and a Pitch for Basic Science

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 25/09/2015

Much of our current understanding of bacterial biology came...