ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Newly discovered deep-sea microbes gobble greenhouse gases and perhaps oil spills, too

Newly discovered deep-sea microbes gobble greenhouse gases and perhaps oil spills, too Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin's Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types of microbes, many of which use hydrocarbons such as methane and butane as energy sources to survive and grow--meaning the newly identified bacteria might be helping to limit the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and might one day be useful for cleaning up oil spills.

Honey Bees Could Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Decades have passed and no new antibiotics have been discovered to counteract the dangerous effects of bacteria which became immune to the treatment in preventing different kinds of infectious diseases.

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