"At some point it might not be beneficial anymore to stick around with your buddies. But if you don't, you die." In her book "Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity and Finding Your Life's Purpose ...

Bacteria are the most diverse organisms on Earth, with a number of species that’s difficult to quantify. They’re also incredibly old. Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones ...

In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in the mechanism of how bacteria build up defenses against being infected by viruses. It is about genes in the ...

Lariocidin is a lasso peptide, a string of amino acids in a lasso shape that attacks bacteria and keeps it from growing and surviving, according to a McMaster press release. It is produced by a ...

Lariocidin hits drug-resistant bacteria where others fail — by hijacking the ribosome at a new site, bypassing defences, and opening the door to a new generation of antibiotics. Lariocidin ...

of Tamil.The scheming of Hindi would not work out in Tamil Nadu, the poem said. Similar sentiments were expressed in social media by common people who hit out at the bid to impose Hindi through ...

For Malaiyaha Tamil poetry, context – not imagination – is everything. Mylvaganam Thilakarajah’s office is a testament to this. Surrounded by books on the history and literature of the hill country ...

While the focus will be on arts and poetry, the session will also speak of enduring Tamil values and the region’s history that spans empires, colonisers, nationalists and revolutionaries.

In the quest to take the “forever” out of “forever chemicals,” bacteria might be our ally. Most remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) involves adsorbing and trapping them, but ...

Solar-powered lasers that run on the photosynthetic machinery of bacteria could one day provide a low mass, simple and sustainable means of providing power in space, replacing the usual heavy ...

coli bacteria to disrupt the bacteria responsible for urinary tract infections (UTIs). The new project aims to develop special, slow-release gels that will disperse the helpful bacteria and ...