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Life Sciences: is defined as all sciences that have to do with 'organisms', like plants, animals and human beings. Life Sciences encompass companies in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biomedical technologies, life systems technologies, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and other organizations and fields that devote the majority of their efforts in the various stages of research, development, technology transfer and commercialization.
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DEC 11, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiontWritten By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
The levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide have been steadily rising for man ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
Everything on Earth and made on Earth is awash in microbial contamination, which persists through intense decontaminatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The world is full of unusual unicellular organisms and microbes, many of which have not been discovered yet...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2024Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2024Earth & The Environment
In August 2024, the Tangier 1 instrument by the Carbon Mapper Coalition was launched into space. It is a satellite that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2024Microbiology
Microbes have been able to find a home in some truly incredible places, even inside of ancient rocks....Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2024Technology
Can superhero powers be translated into real life? This is what a recent study published in Advanced Functional Material ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified the likely geological and environmental conditions that fostered the development of life as w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2024Earth & The Environment
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has determined that from 1970 to 2019, tropical cyclones caused 1,945 disast ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2024Earth & The Environment
Since the earliest civilizations, humans have used rivers to sustain us; they have provided an essential source of food ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2024Microbiology
All complex life on Earth, including plants and animals, are made up of eukaryotic cells, which are more sophisticated t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this know ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2024Earth & The Environment
Yosemite National Park is a world famous natural wonder with towering granite cliffs, gorgeous meadows, giant sequoias, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
What can deep ocean life teach us about finding life on other worlds? This is what a recent study published in Nature Ge ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 18, 2024Microbiology
There are microbial communities thriving at the depths of Antarctic lakes where conditions are so harsh, very little els ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2024Plants & Animals
How can scientists protect biodiversity across the Earth while climate change continues to ravage the planet? This is wh ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 13, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2024Space & Astronomy
Could we store samples of Earth’s endangered biodiversity on the Moon for long-term preservation? This is what a r ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 28, 2024Earth & The Environment
Oxygen production is no longer exclusive to photosynthetic organisms. Scientists discover minerals on the ocean floor th ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiont
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases like methane and nitrous oxide have been steadily rising for man
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Everything on Earth and made on Earth is awash in microbial contamination, which persists through intense decontaminatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The world is full of unusual unicellular organisms and microbes, many of which have not been discovered yet...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2024
Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In August 2024, the Tangier 1 instrument by the Carbon Mapper Coalition was launched into space. It is a satellite that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2024
Microbiology
Microbes have been able to find a home in some truly incredible places, even inside of ancient rocks....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2024
Technology
Can superhero powers be translated into real life? This is what a recent study published in Advanced Functional Material
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified the likely geological and environmental conditions that fostered the development of life as w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has determined that from 1970 to 2019, tropical cyclones caused 1,945 disast
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Since the earliest civilizations, humans have used rivers to sustain us; they have provided an essential source of food
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2024
Microbiology
All complex life on Earth, including plants and animals, are made up of eukaryotic cells, which are more sophisticated t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Our planet has an outer layer made up of several plates, which move relative to one another. While we may take this know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Yosemite National Park is a world famous natural wonder with towering granite cliffs, gorgeous meadows, giant sequoias,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What can deep ocean life teach us about finding life on other worlds? This is what a recent study published in Nature Ge
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 18, 2024
Microbiology
There are microbial communities thriving at the depths of Antarctic lakes where conditions are so harsh, very little els
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2024
Plants & Animals
How can scientists protect biodiversity across the Earth while climate change continues to ravage the planet? This is wh
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 13, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Could we store samples of Earth’s endangered biodiversity on the Moon for long-term preservation? This is what a r
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 28, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Oxygen production is no longer exclusive to photosynthetic organisms. Scientists discover minerals on the ocean floor th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch