India invents pesticide in soild form
Hooked on iron
New study stresses need to review treatment of hookworm
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
Therapeutic smoke
Holy smoke disinfects indoor air
Rise in algae growth
Clay has curative properties
Benevolent bacteria
Fluoride for a meal
Bacteria to help tackle fluorosis
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
Infection threat from clean hospitals too
Bioinspectors
Biomonitoring of contaminants comes of age
Taste for nuclear waste
A bacterium that mops up uranium