Lobster casualties

Masters of survival

Greet the oldest living being on its 250 millionth birthday

Survival instincts

Lethal consumption

Benzene-eating microorganisms isolated

Drug resistance

How the gene responsible acts

Ravenous but a remedy all right

Famished bacteria are now known to be able to enter porous media like soil and create a bio-barrier to prevent the spread of pollutants

Bugged

On cloud nine

Algae and bacteria travel on clouds

Plant-like bacteria

Shelling out remedies

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

The microbes strike back

Diseases that were cheerfully believed to have been eradicated are inexplicably cropping up again in India in deadlier, drug-resistant forms

How to minimise chlorination's adverse health affects

Compromising with a necessary evil: this is literally true for chlorination -- the most widely used technology for disinfecting drinking water. A …

Glowfriends

How to detect hazardous wastes dumped in seawaters? Tiny, glowing bugs might be the answer

Rise in algae growth

Prey, predators and pollution

Bacteria can be used to clean soil effectively if they are protected from protozoans, their predator

Benevolent bacteria

Uphill TRIPS

Bid to revive morality, transparency issues in patents regime amid stiff resistance

Finally, microorganisms and pollinators receive much needed support: Technical working group formed by FAO

19th session of Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture held July 17-21, 2023 in Rome to decide on the agenda for next two years

Washing water

Microbes can rid polluted water of toxic metals and colours

Save the killers

Even the nasty little bugs are worth conserving

Plankton warming

Killer cornered

Persistent weed killers meet their match

Dead sea of Japan

Fertilising the ocean

Iron leads to the growth of algae, which absorb carbon dioxide

To catch the polluter

Water pollutants can be traced using a bacterium DNA