In this newest animated video from fellow Sciblogger Siouxsie Wiles (Infectious Thoughts) explains how fireflies* use bioluminescence to find love (or the firefly equivalent), and, well, food. And it then goes on to explain how the chemical reaction used to produce that light, can be exploited to help us test for bacterial presence. In your […]
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Germs, germs, everywhere (but what is one to think?)
Having very recently been laid flat with an entree of pharyngitis and a side order of tonsillitis, I thought I’d attack again the subject of germs, viruses and bacteria. Note: Anyone with a microbiological background may well want to skip this post: it’s aimed at the non-experts among us. You know, the people at whom […]
Bacteria build pyramids
Yay! And true. Not the ones with which we’re all familiar, of course (and by these I am referring to the Giza structures). [Interesting sidenote: bacteria are capable of building structures with sand, which they turn into sandstone, and there’s a fascinating TED talk which looks at how this ability could be used to build […]