microbe
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Like any pandemic, the Black Death was simultaneously a biological and a social event—shaped by both the innate characteristics of a microbe and such all-too-human factors as political systems, religious beliefs and public-health responses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Published in Cell Communication and Signaling, the study focuses on Fusobacterium nucleatum, a microbe previously connected to colorectal and other cancers.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
Previous work has shown that the hardy microbe can withstand radiation and desiccation, making it a candidate for interplanetary survival.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
The microbe, Methanosarcina acetivorans, appears to function normally despite this flexible interpretation, demonstrating that life can operate with a slightly imprecise code.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026
That’s the principle of vaccination: to stimulate our antibody production without our having to go through the actual experience of the disease, by inoculating us with a dead or weakened strain of microbe.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Aspergillus niger was one of five microbes examined in the new study because of its demonstrated resilience in spaceflight conditions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Scientists were surprised that microbes like these could endure exposure on the exterior of the space station.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Humans are natural explorers, and with them come their voices, their memories … and their microbes," said Prabal Saxena, a planetary scientist who led the study from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Over the longer term, Yu said the findings may expand scientists' understanding of the relationship among diet, metabolites produced by gut microbes and the intestinal lining.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
We’ll then consider how the ancestors of microbes now confined to us transferred themselves from their original animal hosts.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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