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Molecular Ecology
Molecular ecology is a branch of biology that applies of molecular techniques to answer ecological questions. The focus for these studies is generally regarded as being on field studies rather than pure laboratory research.
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APR 02, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have grown algae that was collected from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and which probably sank about 7,000 ye ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
Dense groups of marine snails called Littorina saxatilis once thrived on a group of Swedish islands called the Koster ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for bot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2024Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2024Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have determined that humans probably started practicing agriculture about 10,000 years ago. WIth those change ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2024Microbiology
Bacterial infections have always posed problems for people, and we have found ways to treat them with antibiotics. But b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Decorating a holiday tree is an essential part of the winter season for many people. But those trees can also spark a he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has provided new insights into how a dangerous bacterium called Legionella pneumophila can interfere with t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2023Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on bi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2023Microbiology
Mycena fungi are more commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, and they survive by consuming dead trees and plants. New resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2023Microbiology
People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of human history, that bread was made with a sourd ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
When a scientists is working with RNA in the lab, they have to take a lot of precautions because RNA degrades so easily. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2023Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies, with microbes. Researchers have been learning a lot more about how specific species ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2023Microbiology
There are some bacteria that researchers are very familiar with. Some of them are common environmental microbes with str ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2023Microbiology
There are potentially hundreds if not thousands of microbial species in the average human gut microbiome. That microbial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Two live tangled individuals of freshwater hairworm, can be seen in this image by Gonzalo GiribetWritten By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
We still don't know a lot about how bacteria and viruses relate to one another in built environments such as buildings a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2023Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
About a decade ago, research teams showed that modern humans still carry remnants of Neanderthal DNA, confirming that Ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the 2010 US Census, there were 53,364 centenarians in the US, so around 1.73 of every 10,000 Americans live ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have grown algae that was collected from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and which probably sank about 7,000 ye
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial cells have lots of interesting abilities. They can pass a kind of memory onto offspring; easily share genes; a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Dense groups of marine snails called Littorina saxatilis once thrived on a group of Swedish islands called the Koster ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Endosymbiotic organisms have to live inside of another to survive, and this relationship often provides benefits for bot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2024
Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2024
Microbiology
Organic life on earth dies, and when that happens, it must decompose. Most decomposing organic material on Earth is dead
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have determined that humans probably started practicing agriculture about 10,000 years ago. WIth those change
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2024
Microbiology
Bacterial infections have always posed problems for people, and we have found ways to treat them with antibiotics. But b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Decorating a holiday tree is an essential part of the winter season for many people. But those trees can also spark a he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has provided new insights into how a dangerous bacterium called Legionella pneumophila can interfere with t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2023
Microbiology
Microbes are everywhere, even inside of our bodies. The gut microbiome has been shown to have a powerful influence on bi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2023
Microbiology
Mycena fungi are more commonly known as bonnet mushrooms, and they survive by consuming dead trees and plants. New resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2023
Microbiology
People have been eating bread for at least 14,000 years, and for most of human history, that bread was made with a sourd
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a scientists is working with RNA in the lab, they have to take a lot of precautions because RNA degrades so easily.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2023
Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies, with microbes. Researchers have been learning a lot more about how specific species
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2023
Microbiology
There are some bacteria that researchers are very familiar with. Some of them are common environmental microbes with str
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2023
Microbiology
There are potentially hundreds if not thousands of microbial species in the average human gut microbiome. That microbial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Two live tangled individuals of freshwater hairworm, can be seen in this image by Gonzalo Giribet
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
We still don't know a lot about how bacteria and viruses relate to one another in built environments such as buildings a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2023
Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
About a decade ago, research teams showed that modern humans still carry remnants of Neanderthal DNA, confirming that Ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the 2010 US Census, there were 53,364 centenarians in the US, so around 1.73 of every 10,000 Americans live
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch