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Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a solid polymer coated with harmless viruses to detect the bacteria Salmonella enterica (S. enterica), an advance that could lead to ...

In the words of English poet John Donne, "no man is an island." In the words of Carnegie Science researcher Devaki Bhaya, no microbe is an island, either. The microbes Bhaya studies, in particular, ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones. By Carl Zimmer A flurry of new studies ...

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from ...

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Here's a wild fact: your hands are basically a bustling city for millions of tiny, invisible creatures. Seriously, you're never alone; bacteria, viruses, fungi, you name it, they’re all hanging out ...