Unlimited energy from the soil: the new microbial fuel cells
Northwestern University's microbial fuel cells, capable of extracting energy from the soil, could power sensors and electronic devices.
Psychobiotics, microbes can decide our mood
The gut isn't just for digestion: psychobiotics shows how our microbiome can influence mood and mental health.
Synthetic biology, microbes make muscle fibers harder than Kevlar
A US team allows microbes to make synthetic muscle fibers stronger than Kevlar. We will have clothes and protections made of muscles.
Cheese: 70% of consumers want it real, but without the use of animals
Surprising research shows that the market is poised for a boom in cheese and dairy products born with precision fermentation, without animal exploitation
A paper warns: collapsing oceans will devastate humanity in 25 years
A paper launches a terrible warning: the situation of the oceans could lead to an irreversible chain reaction within a few years.
Microbes and solar energy could produce 10 times more food than plants
Getting food from solar panels and microbes? An interesting perspective, which according to a study has incredible efficiency.
Copper beds kill 95% of bacteria: they can save millions of lives
In 2018 alone, hospital infections killed 49.000 people in Italy. lives that can be saved, says a study, with copper beds in hospitals
Rice straw soap: natural surfactant is reality
Surfactants are everywhere: detergents, toothpastes, paint, makeup, etc. A natural surfactant eliminates harmful substances from all these products
Confirmations are coming: the brain also has a microbiome
The brain also hosts a microbiome, the group of bacteria with which the body collaborates. It is an epochal turning point: it had always been considered a sterile area.
