Strep A cases on the rise
Health authorities in New South Wales and Victoria have issued a warning about Group A Streptococcal…
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Ocean’s micro-creatures swarm food sources
A teaspoon of seawater contains more than a million marine bacteria. These tiny microbes play pivotal…
How Disinfecting Your Phone Could Save A Life
Today it seems like many of us could not live without our mobile phones. We rely…
Genetically Modified Bacteria Can Make On Demand Hydrogen
Macquarie University’s synthetic biologists have made a leap forward in renewable energy production by creating sugar-loving…
Life on Mars: Can Bacteria Grow in Space?
Research involving scientists from the Australian National University have discovered that an organism on earth might…
Bacteria Discovery Provides New Insights Into Treatment of UTIs
Australian researchers have used genome-sequencing technology to find a collection of bacteria that exists in the…
Food for thought: how to keep packed lunches safe in the heat
Do you pack your meals or your kids’ school lunches with ice bricks to keep them…
A Solution to Antibiotic Resistance?
Bacteriophages, viruses that attack bacteria that were discovered in the first World War, might prove to…
Bacteria in Breast Implants
These days, body modification is incredibly popular; with many people choosing tattoos, piercings or something entirely…
