Transitioning towards sustainable clothing practices is a must for combating climate change, so researchers are turning to bacteria for their fashion inspiration. As detailed in the research journal Nature Biotechnology, a team at Imperial College London has genetically engineered new microbial strains capable of being woven into wearable material, while simultaneously self-dyeing itself in the […]
It’s a programming question nearly as old as the inspiration itself: “Can it run Doom?” Released over 30 years ago, the seminal first-person shooter (FPS) is a touchstone classic of video gaming—not only for its influence on the medium, but for inspiring some pretty wild coding schemes. In 1997, Doom’s creators at iD Software released […]
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Hurricane Ian slammed into southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm in September last year, killing 149 people—the most deaths attributable to a single hurricane in the state in nearly a century. But the official death count didn’t include one of the most gruesome ways […]
Phage therapy cured prostate infection survivor Greg Breed. Can it help millions of other patients as antibiotic resistance grows?
The data humans produce over the internet could dwarf all the information created by bacteria and other prokaryotes in 90 years.
NASA, the ESA, and private companies are studying fabrics that kill germs to make space travel safer and cleaner.
A bacterial relative of tuberculosis known as Mycobacterium smegmatis can pull off an incredibly impressive trick. When fuel is in short supply, it can absorb trace amounts of hydrogen in the atmosphere and water around it to convert into energy. Simply put, it turns air into electricity. Unlike its infamous cousin, M. smegmatis is both […]
Hear us out. You might be obsessed with digging out the flaky to syrupy stuff, but your earwax helps keep your ear holes healthy.
Scientists and artists alike are using genetic engineering and imagination to grow microbes into colorful, artistic patterns.
Each “MagRobot” is equipped with an antibody that specifically targets a protein on bacteria, like a lock-and-key mechanism.
