Published inThe Quantastic JournalThe “Good” Side of Antibiotic ResistanceNew tools to protect the gut microbiome come from an unlikely source: antibiotic-destroying enzymes from bacterial pathogensSep 26A response icon24Sep 26A response icon24
Published inThe Quantastic JournalNew Class of Life: The Immortal “Aeonophiles”Ultra-slow-growing microorganisms can live for potentially millions of yearsJun 26A response icon6Jun 26A response icon6
Breaking the Cycle of Antibiotic ResistanceProactive approaches to understand, predict, and mitigate antibiotic resistance.Jun 25Jun 25
Published inThe Quantastic JournalThe Age of the Earth and La Tour EiffelIf the Eiffel Tower were to represent the history of life on Earth, how far down would the history of Homo sapiens begin?May 7A response icon10May 7A response icon10
Published inThe Quantastic JournalReturn of the Soil BacteriaDiscovery of a new class of broad-spectrum antibiotic, a lasso-shaped molecule call lariocidin, in slow-growing soil bacteria.Apr 13A response icon6Apr 13A response icon6
Published inThe Quantastic JournalLEGO’s DNA Helix Isn’t “Right”The Evolution of STEM is a wonderful set marred by an unfortunate scientific inaccuracy.Mar 27A response icon11Mar 27A response icon11
Published inThe Quantastic JournalPenatekas and Pylori: The Extermination of a Stomach PathogenWhy it’s the phrase “the only good Helicobacter pylori is a dead [one]” that should be eliminated, not the bacteriumDec 17, 2024A response icon11Dec 17, 2024A response icon11
Published inThe Quantastic JournalProbiotics Don’t Help “Gut Health”Probiotics manufacturers are full of, well, the same stuff that has their customers backed upNov 24, 2024A response icon62Nov 24, 2024A response icon62
Published inThe Quantastic JournalTop7 — The First Protein Designed from Scratch: The Science Behind the 2024 Nobel Prize in…On Baker’s 2003 work designing a new protein-cited by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in announcing the awardOct 10, 2024A response icon5Oct 10, 2024A response icon5
Fungus helps carnivorous plant digest its preyThe sundew plant’s “gut” microbiome aids insect prey capture and digestionSep 23, 2024Sep 23, 2024