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Bugs help make eco-friendly detergents

Surfactants remove dirt from human skin, textiles and others solids.

Bugs can help trap underground carbon dioxide

Bugs could help prevent global destruction for real by trapping underground CO2, that threatens our ...

Bugs may be resistant to genetically modified corn

One of the nation`s most widely planted crops — a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its o...

Smart bugs inspire better robotics design

Bugs which collectively thrive in challenging environments are inspiring scientists to design smart ...

Bugs generate power while cleaning nuclear waste

Researchers have figured out how a class of bugs can deliver double benefit -- generate power while ...

Bugs made world`s biggest oil slick disappear fast

More than a year after the world`s biggest oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, lingering questions abou...

Superbugs, E.Coli to become history soon!

Scientists have come a step closer to finding toxin antidotes superbugs and E.Coli a thing of past.

Now, a drug that protects against bacterial superbugs

Colistin treats serious infections in critically ill patients, including those with kidney failure w...

Bugs ‘helped early animals to get oxygen`

A new study has analysed bacterial colonies in the Los Roques lagoons of Venezuela and found that it...

Bedbugs with `superbug` germ found

Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combo: bedbugs carrying a staph `superbug`.

Some bugs doze off to outwit antibiotics

Some bacteria go off to "sleep" to prevent themselves from being attacked by antibiotics.

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs could take us to pre-Penicillin era

WHO warned that the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs threatens to take us to pre-Penicillin er...

Superbug in Delhi drinking water

The NDM 1 gene creates what some experts describe as "super superbugs”.

S Korea has 2 new cases of drug-resistant gene

S Korea has confirmed 2 more cases of a new gene in bacteria that turns them into superbugs.

Novel light beams can kill hospital superbugs

Hospital superbugs resistant to antibiotics could be eliminated using light beams.

Your toothpaste may spread superbugs

An antibacterial chemical commonly used in toothpastes may pose a threat to your health.

Scientists voice concern over new ‘superbugs’

Scientists have voiced their concerns regarding the health threat caused by a fresh superbugs.

Now, a drug to eradicate deadly superbugs!

British scientists claim to have achieved a major breakthrough by developing a drug which could kill...

Bugs to reclaim rare metals from waste for clean energy

Bugs can be used to convert wastes from rare metals into high-value catalysts to generate energy.

US grapples with bedbugs, misuse of pesticides

A resurgence of bedbugs across the US has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measure...

Antibiotics from frog skin may help fight superbugs

Frog skin is known to have plenty of potent germ-fighting compounds.

Mumbai docs reported superbugs months before Lancet study

Researchers in a Mumbai hospital had reported presence of superbug a month before the Lancet study.

‘New superbugs spreading from South Asia’

Plastic surgery patients have carried a new class of superbugs from South Asia to Britain.

Bedbugs threatens New York

Blood sucking bedbugs have made a strong comeback in New York, forcing temporary closures of some re...

Drug-resistant bugs on rise globally: Report

The WHO & govts are saving lives but not paying enough attn to some dangers.

Novel way to fight `kissing bugs`

Scientists at the University of Toronto Mississauga are working to find a novel way to stop the tran...

Essential oils may combat drug-resistant superbugs

A new study has found that essential oils can be used as an effective and cheap alternative to antib...

Gut bugs make people slim: Study

Want to lose weight without dieting or exercising? Add an extra helping of human gut bugs, researc...

Assassin bugs stalk and lure their victim

A new study by scientists in Australia has shown that assassin bugs stalk their victim on its home t...

Bugs help mothers protect kids from allergies

A pregnant woman`s exposure to bugs may protect her child from developing allergies later in life, s...

New antibiotic effective against resistant bugs

A potent new antibiotic has opened up completely new ways of knocking out resistant bugs, says a new...

Martian bugs` fossils

The fossilised remains of Martian bugs have been found on a meteorite that crashed into the Antarc...

Now, cybugs `to access areas people can`t go

You can call it straight from a science fiction -- a "cybug" that can access those areas where peopl...

Getting bugs to clean up dirty oil fast

Microbiologists have used bugs to break down and remove toxic compounds from crude oil and tar sands...

Deadly bugs found in curry leaves to NY from India

A specially trained detection dog sniffed out deadly citrus bugs from a packet of curry leaves sent ...

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