To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn them into acetic acid -- a metabolic pathway that emerged very early ... New Strategy to Reduce ...

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Mar. 17, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated a technique for successfully encapsulating bacteria that can then be stored and applied to plants to improve plant growth and protect against pests ...

Immune cells, specifically macrophages, convert ingested bacteria into essential nutrients for protein synthesis and energy production, rather than storing them in compartments.

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Of course they can't just put themselves into a photocopier. Although some very simple kinds of creatures, like bacteria, do simply make copies of themselves. They just divide in two, and that's that.

We look back on about 11 years of the Gaia spacecraft, now at the end of its mission to create the best map of the Milky Way. Humans have a surprising lack of hair for mammals. Biological ...

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