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Marine Biotechnology
Marine Biotechnology: the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by marine biological agents for the the purpose of providing goods and services. Also includes aquaculture, where aquatic organisms are grown in culture and used for food, fuel, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and other products.
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SEP 13, 2019Microbiology
A team of scientists has found that bacteria can act like power lines, and send electrical currents over long distances.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography reveals part of the mystery behind a one million square ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Until recently, testing the age of dolphin involved extract a tooth, sawing it in half, and then counting the layers wit ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 25, 2019Microbiology
Archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life and exist in some of the most extreme environments on the planet.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2019Microbiology
Cyanidiales are a group of red algae species. Researchers have found that about 10% of them have acquired genes from bac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 30, 2019Plants & Animals
Plastic is becoming a severe problem for the environment, and that’s precisely why researchers are trying so hard ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 28, 2019Microbiology
Oil-consuming microbes have been discovered in the deepest part of the oceans of Earth - the Mariana Trench.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2019Earth & The Environment
An iceberg, roughly twice the size of New York City, will break off western Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf at any ti ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 22, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromatophores are fascinating cells found in some animals like cephalopods, which carry pigments and can reflect light.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2019Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
The Great Blue Hole is more or less an underwater sinkhole that researchers have long wanted to know more about; that sa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2019Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2019Videos
Plastic is a major pollutant that is contaminating our waterways and oceans. Researchers have now found a way to create ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2018Videos
At the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the waste generated by over 700 species of animals has to be filtered out of the aqu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a new technology that will enable scientists to study biological responses to different envir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2018Microbiology
A varsity of creative strategies have been proposed as solutions to climate change, from practical to outlandish.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
According to the EPA, algal blooms threaten every state and in our changing climate, they may be more common.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2018Videos
Marine biologists are always searching for new ways to obtain closer looks at marine wildlife, and the MIT-designed SoFi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2017Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2017Microbiology
Researchers are always on the lookout for new antibiotics, particularly ones that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 05, 2015Microbiology
Microalgae are, as the name suggests, microscopic algae. They are of particular interest to biofuel enthusiasts because ...Written By: Kerry Evans
SEP 13, 2019
Microbiology
A team of scientists has found that bacteria can act like power lines, and send electrical currents over long distances.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography reveals part of the mystery behind a one million square
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Until recently, testing the age of dolphin involved extract a tooth, sawing it in half, and then counting the layers wit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 25, 2019
Microbiology
Archaea occupy their own branch on the tree of life and exist in some of the most extreme environments on the planet.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2019
Microbiology
Cyanidiales are a group of red algae species. Researchers have found that about 10% of them have acquired genes from bac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
Plastic is becoming a severe problem for the environment, and that’s precisely why researchers are trying so hard
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 28, 2019
Microbiology
Oil-consuming microbes have been discovered in the deepest part of the oceans of Earth - the Mariana Trench.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2019
Earth & The Environment
An iceberg, roughly twice the size of New York City, will break off western Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf at any ti
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 22, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromatophores are fascinating cells found in some animals like cephalopods, which carry pigments and can reflect light.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2019
Microbiology
K. stuttgartiensis is a model anammox microorganism - it's an anaerobic bacterium that oxidizes ammonia / Image: Laura v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The Great Blue Hole is more or less an underwater sinkhole that researchers have long wanted to know more about; that sa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
The last several decades have seen an explosive uptick in the number of mass stranding events (MSEs) involving certain t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2019
Videos
Plastic is a major pollutant that is contaminating our waterways and oceans. Researchers have now found a way to create
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2018
Videos
At the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the waste generated by over 700 species of animals has to be filtered out of the aqu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a new technology that will enable scientists to study biological responses to different envir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2018
Microbiology
A varsity of creative strategies have been proposed as solutions to climate change, from practical to outlandish.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
According to the EPA, algal blooms threaten every state and in our changing climate, they may be more common.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2018
Videos
Marine biologists are always searching for new ways to obtain closer looks at marine wildlife, and the MIT-designed SoFi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers discover that a common marine sponge plays host to bacteria that generate toxic compounds that are very simi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers are always on the lookout for new antibiotics, particularly ones that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 05, 2015
Microbiology
Microalgae are, as the name suggests, microscopic algae. They are of particular interest to biofuel enthusiasts because
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans