Hi! Maybe "Monsieur le Microbe" needed some friends, so here we go: Bonjour, les microbes :D
Also bonjour to you. I hope you're having a swell day and an even sweller weekend
Hi! Maybe "Monsieur le Microbe" needed some friends, so here we go: Bonjour, les microbes :D
Also bonjour to you. I hope you're having a swell day and an even sweller weekend
From BBC.com: Weather makers: How microbes living in the clouds affect our lives
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250610-the-microbes-that-thrive-in-the-clouds
https://www.europesays.com/uk/109822/ New strain of bacteria found on China’s Tiangong space station #astronauts #ChinaMannedSpaceAgency #ChineseScientists #Microbes #radiation #Science #Space #TiangongSpaceStation #UK #UnitedKingdom
To what extent can we predict future pathogenic #microbes? @acasadevall1 discusses why probabilistic predictions are difficult, but not impossible. #PLOSBiology
https://plos.io/3EXieQp
Reasons to Hope: synthetic #palmoil alternatives. These will be free of #deforestation - for real! Made from #algae #yeast #microbes, even CO2! Advocate for deforestation-free #palmoil alternatives #Boycottpalmoil ️ #Boycott4Wildlife
Maltose-negative yeasts could unlock new flavors and faster brewing for nonalcoholic beers
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-maltose-negative-yeasts-flavors-faster.html
Hotter temps trigger wetlands to emit more methane as microbes struggle to keep up https://phys.org/news/2025-04-hotter-temps-trigger-wetlands-emit.html
Hotter temps trigger wetlands to emit more methane as microbes struggle to keep up https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250423164047.htm
#ISEPpapers 26: October 2024 to March 2025 https://www.isep-protists.com/post/iseppapers-26
Your twenty-sixth digest of papers and preprints published by members of the International Society for Evolutionary Protistology is here!
The Secret Magic Of Gophers To Help Restore Devastated Landscapes
“A team of American scientists sought to learn whether a team of burrowing rodents could help restore Mount St Helens after her 1980 eruption.”
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#gophers #MountStHelens #Fungi #microbes #microbiology #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/the-secret-magic-of-gophers-to-help
The Secret Magic Of Gophers To Help Restore Devastated Landscapes
“A team of American scientists sought to learn whether a team of burrowing rodents could help restore Mount St Helens after her 1980 eruption.”
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#gophers #MountStHelens #Fungi #microbes #microbiology #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/the-secret-magic-of-gophers-to-help
#FYI #HerbSimmens #ClimateEmergencyForum #PeterCarter #PaulBeckwith #microbes #microorganisms
How the climate breakdown influences earth's microbiome
Alien planet’s atmosphere bears chemical hints of life, astronomers claim
https://www.science.org/content/article/alien-planet-s-atmosphere-bears-chemical-hints-life-astronomers-claim
A study suggests a distant world has gases linked on Earth to algae, but others urge caution before invoking alien slime
New evidence finds Mars may have had conditions that could have supported life
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/mars-carbon-cycle-1.7511554
K2-18b & detection of biosignature dimethyl sulfide
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/k2-18b-dimethyl-sulfide
“Most promising signs yet” of alien life on a planet beyond our Solar System
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43714203
New Constraints on DMS and DMDS in the Atmosphere of K2-18 b from JWST MIRI
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adc1c8
screenshot: abiotic sources of DMS | tentative result | poss/probably not ETLife??
[tentative!] Is this a hint of life on another world, or just a lot of hot air?
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5364805/signs-life-alien-planet-biosignatures-exoplanet
Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250416204034.htm
*astronomers detect most promising sign yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system
* on Earth DMS, DMDS only produced by life
* primarily microbial life: marine phytoplankton
* they remain cautious
Lunar polar regions could have microbes, modeling study suggests
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-lunar-polar-regions-microbes.html
Engineered yeast boosts D-lactic acid production, advancing eco-friendly biomanufacturing
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-yeast-boosts-d-lactic-acid.html
You know that thing about sufficiently advanced #technology being indistinguishable from #magic ?
That's how I feel about #bread.
And #beer.
And #preserving vegetables in brine.
Let's hear it for good guy #microbes.
Emulsion technique boosts plant growth with bacteria
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-emulsion-technique-boosts-growth-bacteria.html