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Thousands of people in northwest China have caught a bacterial disease after a leak caused an outbreak at a biopharmaceutical last year, CNN reports.

Thousands Infected by Bacteria After Leak at Chinese Pharmaceutical Factory

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists say that bacteria "scream" as they die, giving off chemical alarms that warn their brethren of danger like antibiotics.

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Scientists: Unfortunately, Bacteria Scream When They Die

By Jon Christian

Scientists saw bacteria subjected to different conditions rapidly develop different evolutionary strategies, helping explain why some become dangerous.

Scientists Just Watched Bacteria Evolve in Real Time

By Dan Robitzski

After being dragged to the surface and fed a little snack, ancient oceanic bacteria from over 100 million years ago sprang back to life.

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Scientists Revive 100-Million-Year-Old Lifeforms

By Dan Robitzski

Before we can launch any long-term space travel, scientists will need to find away to protect against bacteria, which becomes deadlier in microgravity.

Oh Great: Space Travel Makes Bacteria Even Deadlier

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists discovered the first bacteria that chemosynthesizes the metal manganese, and they did it almost by accident while cleaning up an experiment.

Newly-Discovered Bacteria Can Eat Metal as Food

By Dan Robitzski

Nasty Images Show How Bacteria Colonize Your Tongue

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Nasty Images Show How Bacteria Colonize Your Tongue

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists working with DARPA developed a living concrete, teeming with bacteria, that resembles Jell-O. It can grow and regenerate itself when it breaks.

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Scientists Create “Living Concrete” That Can Heal Itself

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA is funding research into bacteria for bomb detection that could sense explosives below the ground and then glow on its surface.

DARPA Is Engineering Glowing Bacteria for Bomb Detection

By Kristin Houser

By embedding engineered bacteria into the fingers of a robot arm, researchers have created a biohybrid bot that can "taste" for certain chemicals.

Robot Arm Uses Bacteria in Its Fingers to “Taste” Its Environment

By Kristin Houser

A new genetic trick allowed researchers to use bacteria to manufacture super-strong spider silk faster than spiders do themselves.

Scientists Gene-Hacked Bacteria to Make Bullet-Proof Spider Silk

By Dan Robitzski

A German pharma company patented a process in which genetically modified tequila bacterium produce a range of cannabinoids by just feeding on sugar.

Scientists Gene-Edited Tequila Bacteria to Make Cannabinoids

By Victor Tangermann

Biologists Engineered An Assassin Virus to Kill Bacteria on Command

Biologists Engineered An Assassin Virus to Kill Bacteria on Command

By Kristin Houser

A Toronto startup figured out how to get bacteria to turn food waste into biodegradable plastics. If it scales, it could prevent loads of methane emissions.

These Bacteria Digest Food Waste Into Biodegradable Plastic

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers discover a promising new compound in the hunt for a new antibiotic, and it's something we could synthesize ourselves.

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There’s A New Antibiotic In Town, And We Can Create It In The Lab

By Kristin Houser

Researchers discover that Oregon blue clay has antibacterial properties that even treatment-resistant bacterias can't withstand.

An Ancient Antibacterial Technique Might Hold the Key to Future Wound Treatment

By Kristin Houser

Microbial Armor Could Protect Dying Coral Reefs

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Microbial Armor Could Protect Dying Coral Reefs

By Claudia Geib

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A Pond-Dwelling Virus Just Cured a Man’s Antibiotic-Resistant Infection

Human Bacteria: An Unlikely Shield Against Skin Cancer

Human Bacteria: An Unlikely Shield Against Skin Cancer

By Lou Del Bello

Please Don’t Post Your Hand Dryer Science Experiment on the Internet

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Please Don’t Post Your Hand Dryer Science Experiment on the Internet

By Aylin Woodward

Antibiotic Algorithm Will Fast-Track the Search for New Medicine

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Antibiotic Algorithm Will Fast-Track the Search for New Medicine

By Chelsea Gohd

This Discovery Could Change the Way We Search for Alien Life

This Discovery Could Change the Way We Search for Alien Life

By Chelsea Gohd

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Researchers Created a Platform That Prints With Living Matter

By Chelsea Gohd

A Mysterious Bacterium May Be a Critical Part of Cancer

A Mysterious Bacterium May Be a Critical Part of Cancer

Light-Activated Particles Could Lead to a New Age in Medicine

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Light-Activated Particles Could Lead to a New Age in Medicine

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A New Drug Uses CRISPR to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Scientists Just Discovered Organisms That Are Distinct From Any Life Forms Known to Science

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Scientists Just Discovered Organisms That Are Distinct From Any Life Forms Known to Science

By Kristin Houser

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This Biotech Clothing Automatically Ventilates When You Start to Sweat

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New Study Shows How Your Gut Bacteria Could Influence Anxiety

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Cyborg Bacteria Could Be the Key to Commercially Viable Artificial Photosynthesis

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New Research Shows Microgravity Mutates Bacteria Into Superbugs

A Superbug-Killing Compound Was Just Discovered in the Depths of a Toxic Lake

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A Superbug-Killing Compound Was Just Discovered in the Depths of a Toxic Lake

By Patrick Caughill

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is Launching a Superbug Into Space

By Chelsea Gohd

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First-Ever Semi-Synthetic Organism Opens The Door to New Forms of Life

By Kathleen Riley

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Scientists Have Found a Way to Reverse Antibiotic Resistance

By Kathleen Riley

Bacteria Can Use Electricity to Communicate Across Species

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Bacteria Can Use Electricity to Communicate Across Species

By Patrick Caughill

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Scientists Have Officially Entered the Weird World of Bacteria-Powered Batteries

By June Javelosa

MIT Biologically Engineers a New Weapon to Kill Bacteria

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MIT Biologically Engineers a New Weapon to Kill Bacteria

Watch Bacteria Evolve into Superbugs in This Remarkable Timelapse Video

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Watch Bacteria Evolve into Superbugs in This Remarkable Timelapse Video

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A Scientist Injected Himself with 3.5 Million-Year-Old Bacteria Hoping to “Extend Life”

In Case You Missed It: The FDA Banned Chemicals in Antibacterial Soaps

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In Case You Missed It: The FDA Banned Chemicals in Antibacterial Soaps

By Michelle Lee

Magnetic Bacteria Could be Key in Targeting (and Destroying) Tumors

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Magnetic Bacteria Could be Key in Targeting (and Destroying) Tumors

By Science Alert

Scientists Just Found A New Antibiotic. It’s in Your Nose, And It Can Treat Drug-Resistant Bacteria

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Scientists Just Found A New Antibiotic. It’s in Your Nose, And It Can Treat Drug-Resistant Bacteria

By Science Alert

The Ancestor Of All Living Things: Scientists Uncover The Last Common Ancestor of Life on Earth

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The Ancestor Of All Living Things: Scientists Uncover The Last Common Ancestor of Life on Earth

By Arra Dianne Hifarva

25 Watts of Power Produced from Microbial Fuel Cell

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25 Watts of Power Produced from Microbial Fuel Cell

By Arra Dianne Hifarva

Researchers May Have Found a Way to Use CRISPR as a Recording Device

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Researchers May Have Found a Way to Use CRISPR as a Recording Device

By Arra Dianne Hifarva

New Study Reveals that Bacteria Can “See”

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New Study Reveals that Bacteria Can “See”

By June Javelosa

Meet the Ancient Organisms From the Depths of the Ocean Floor

Meet the Ancient Organisms From the Depths of the Ocean Floor