Niners Wire

Where is the poop water coming from? Health officials issue advisory

Enterococcus bacteria was found at Lynn Hall Memorial Park on Fort Myers Beach on Jan. 7, according to the Florida Department ...
WYFF News 4

Smelly or strange tasting water? Spartanburg Water explains why

Operators are working around the clock to fix a change in local water quality caused by a natural compound in nearby lakes ...

Johannesburg Water confirms no faecal contamination in Bezuidenhout Valley tap water

Johannesburg Water has confirmed that tap water in Bezuidenhout Valley is free of faecal contamination despite residents ...

Airline water: Which airline's water is safest at 35,000 feet? New study rates health of water provided to passengers

"Delta Air Lines and Frontier Airlines win the top spots with the safest water in the sky, and Alaska Airlines finishes No. 3," says Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, director of the Center for Food as ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists found the deep ocean’s missing link at last

For decades, oceanographers have known that something did not add up in the deep sea. Huge predators like sharks and tunas were spending long stretches in the dim “twilight zone,” yet the known prey ...
Cowboy State Daily

Study Reveals How Yellowstone Earthquakes Might Have Given Earth Life

New research in Yellowstone National Park has found a connection between earthquake swarms and the chemical reactions needed to sustain ...
Medical Xpress

Which gut microbes matter most? Large study ranks bacteria by health and diet links

The gut microbiome has been a rising star in the world of health science over the last several years, garnering interest from both researchers and the general public. This is mostly due to its ...
Phys.org

The bacteria that won't wake up: NASA discovers new bacteria 'playing dead'

New research conducted on a NASA-discovered bacterium shows the microbe is capable of entering an extreme dormant state, essentially "playing dead" to survive in some of the cleanest environments on ...
The Washington Post

These very hungry microbes devour a powerful pollutant

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. PETALUMA, Calif. — The cows had to be deterred from messing with the ...
ucdavis.edu

A Microbial Blueprint for Climate-Smart Cows

Matthias Hess, with the UC Davis Department of Animal Science, and researchers at UC Berkeley, have identified which microbes in a cow's gut could help reduce methane. It brings them a step closer to ...
Forbes

Ancient Microbes ‘Brought Back To Life’ After 40,000 Years

A researcher sampling 40,000-year-old ice from the walls of the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska. In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists led by the University of ...
The New York Times

Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too.

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from ...