microbiology
A sinister, deadly brain protein could reveal the origins of all life
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In 1944, Erwin Schrödinger published a book called What Is Life?. The physicist, famous for his alive-and-dead cat, clearly relished ...
how researchers harness pee and poo for science
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As Mathilde Poyet takes me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy's laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I encounter all sorts of state-of-the-art ...
Cloud microbes’ colours could help us detect life on other planets
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A variety of bacteria, fungi and viruses live in the clouds above the Earth's surface. George Pachanturis/Getty Images For the ...
