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Tag Archives: microbiology
Deadly new flu
The germ responsible carries genes from other flu viruses
Posted in Body & Health
Tagged Ana Fernandez-Sesma, animals, Beijing, bird flu, cells, chicken, China, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, gene swapping, genetics, getinvolved, H7N9, infection, infectious disease, Influenza, microbes, microbiology, Rongbao Gao, Shanghai, topstories, virus, World Health Organization, zoonotic
Infectious animals
Critters spread many germs that can sicken each other — and even kill people
Posted in Animals, Body & Health
Tagged AIDS, bush meat, bushmeat, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Columbia University, Ebola, EcoHealth Alliance, ecology, emerging infectious disease, epidemic, epidemiology, feature, flu, Hendra virus, HIV, Ian Lipkin, Influenza, Jonathan Epstein, Kristine Smith, Melissa Miller, microbiology, Nipah virus, pathogen, Salmonella, salmonellosis, SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, simian immunodeficiency syndrome, SIV, topstories, vaccination, vaccine, zoonosis, zoonotic
People can sicken animals
Wildlife can sometimes become infected with germs shed by people
Posted in Animals, Body & Health
Tagged biological pollution, bobcats, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, cats, clams, crabs, ecology, emerging infectious disease, explainer, feces, filter feeders, germs, marine mammals, Melissa Miller, microbe, microbiology, mollusk, mussels, Oysters, parasite, pathogen, Pollution, runoff, sea otters, terms: pets, toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis, wetlands, wildcat, wildlife
Deadly new virus emerges
A mysterious infection has been spreading for almost a year
Posted in Body & Health
Tagged CDC, Centers for Disease Control, coronavirus, epidemic, Eric Snijder, genes, germs, getinvolved, Gwen Stephens, immune system, immunity, infections, inflammation, Leiden University Medical Center, lung disease, microbiology, Mohamed Zaki, mucus, mutate, mutations, pandemic, pneumonia, Saliva, SARS, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health, Susan Gerber, Tina Saey
Piercing a buried polar lake
Researchers in Antarctica drilled through a half-mile of ice to reach water that hasn’t had contact with the atmosphere for thousands of years.
Posted in Earth
Tagged Antarctic Sun, Antarctica, bacteria, Brent Christner, ecology, ecosystems, Frank Rack, germs, getinvolved, hot-water drill, ice sheet, Jill Mikucki, John Priscu, Lake Ellsworth, Lake Vostok, Lake Whillans, Louisiana State University, Martin Siegert, microbes, microbiology, polar science, South Pole, subglacial lakes, Tristy Vick-Majors, University of Bristol, University of Montana, University of Nebraska, University of Tennessee, viruses, WISSARD
Cool Jobs: The science of secrets
Researchers harness science to encode — and decode — hidden messages
Posted in STEM Careers, Technology & Engineering
Tagged acoustics, Adaptation, Aequorea Victoria, agar, animal behavior, Antibiotics, bacteria, bird of prey, bird song, birdsong, chickadee, Chris Templeton, codes, colors, cool jobs, crime, criminal, cryptography, David Walt, decode, decryption, detective, digital, electronics, encryption, FBI, feature, Federal Bureau of Investigation, fluorescence, fluorescent protein, forensic, global positioning system, GPS, Heather Mahalik, investigator, invisible ink, jellyfish, key, merlin, microbiology, patterns, predator, pygmy owl, raptor, sonogram, topstories, Tufts University, University of Montana, University of St. Andrews, warning calls
Bird malaria moves north
Germs that cause a so-called tropical disease make themselves at home in frosty Alaska
Posted in Animals
Tagged Adaptation, avian malaria, birds, blood, climate change, disease, disease ecology, ecology, epidemiology, evolution, getinvolved, global warming, malaria, microbes, microbiology, mosquito, parasite, protozoa, Ravinder Sehgal, Robert Fleischer, San Francisco State University, Smithsonian Institution, tropical disease
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