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2006

Move Over, Penicillin: Researchers Mold Clay Into Potential Therapy

Arizona State University 2/11/06

Texas A&M System Agencies Join Forces to Hasten Bioenergy Revolution

Texas A&M University System Agriculture Program 28/07/06

Live Wires - A microbiologist discovers our planet is hard-wired with electricity-producing bacteria

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 10/07/06

Producing bio-ethanol from agricultural waste a step closer

Delft University of Technology 06/06/06

Evolution in action? African fish could be providing rare example of forming two separate species, Cornell scientists speculate

Cornell University 01/06/06

Bacteria: The Next Renewable Energy Source?

KTHV Little Rock 17/05/06

New Method Confirms Importance of Fungi in Arctic Nitrogen Cycle: Technique Could be Applied to All Nitrogen-Poor Ecosystems

Marine Biological Laboratory 04/05/06

New Maps Provide Clues to the Historic 2005 Red Tide Outbreak in New England And Hints for 2006

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 13/04/06

Conversion Experience: Subsurface Bacteria Release Phosphate to Convert Uranium Contamination to Immobile Form

Georgia Tech 31/03/06

'Slow, insidious' soil erosion threatens human health and welfare as well as the environment, Cornell study asserts

Cornell University 20/03/06

Researchers find ways heat-loving microbes release energy

Washington University in St. Louis 01/03/06

Undersea Microbes Active but Living on the Slow Side

Penn State 21/02/06

A Vista for Microbial Ecology and Environmental Biotechnology

Environmental Science and Technology Online 15/02/06

Path to Finding Life on Mars and in Outer Space Begins By Looking at Earth’s Inner Space

The JASON Project 01/02/06

Biofuels Can Pick Up Oil’s Slack

Georgia Institute 27/01/06

Magnetic Misfits: South Seeking Bacteria in the Northern Hemisphere

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 20/01/06

The secret life of algae

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council 12/01/06

Tiny Marine Organisms Reflect Ocean Warming

Scripps Institution of Oceanography 05/01/06

2005

ESA participating in UN's Montreal summit working for a better atmosphere

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 11/30/05

Clay Material May Have Acted As 'Primordial Womb' For First Organic Molecules

Science Daily 11/12/05

Satellites support Kyoto Protocol through forest mapping service

European Space Agency (ESA) 11/11/05

Study casts doubt on 'Snowball Earth' theory

University of Southern California 09/29/05

New Plant found in Andes Reveals Ancient Climate Change

Ohio State 09/14/05

Using computers and DNA to count bacteria, measure effects of metal toxicity in soil

Los Alamos National Laboratory 08/27/05

CU-Boulder Awarded $1.75 Million By NSF To Hunt Down, Study New Microorganisms

University of Colorado at Boulder 08/17/05

Meteor Impacts: Life’s Jump Starter?

Geological Society of America 08/08/05

NASA Develops a Nugget to Search for Life in Space

NASA 07/27/05

Genome Study of Marine Microbe Offers New Clues to Subzero Survival

The Institute for Genomic Research 07/25/05

Device Creates Electricity And Treats Wastewater using Bacteria

Science Daily 07/15/05

Deep Sea Algae Connect Ancient Climate, Carbon Dioxide and Vegetation

Yale University 06/22/05

Climate wipes out giant marsupials: new discovery

Queensland University of Technology 05/31/05

Humble lichen gets ancient pedigree

The Geological Society of London 05/13/05

A microbial community thriving under bizarre natural conditions in California

Oak Ridge National Laboratory 05/06/05

Microbial Fuel Cell: High Yield Hydrogen Source and Wastewater Cleaner

Penn State 04/22/05

Study Uncovers Bacteria's Worst Enemy

Los Alamos National Laboratory 04/14/05

CU Study Shows Early Earth Atmosphere Hydrogen-Rich, Favorable To Life

University of Colorado at Boulder 04/06/05

Nanobacteria in clouds could spread disease, scientists claim

Journal of Proteome Research 04/06/05

NC State Paleontologist Discovers Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Bones

North Carolina State University 03/24/05

Climate Change Inevitable in 21st Century - Sea Level Rise To Outpace Temperature Increase

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) 03/17/05

Fossil Records Show Biodiversity Comes and Goes

Berkely Labs 03/11/05

Hydrogen and Methane Sustain Unusual Life at Sea Floor's 'Lost City'

National Science Foundation 03/04/05

UCSB Scientists Probe Sea Floor Venting to Gain Understanding of Early Life on Earth

University of California, Santa Barbara 02/28/05

NEW STUDY: LONG-SPEWING HAWAIIAN VOLCANO MAY BE HEALTH RISK

Oregon State University 02/28/05

UVM Geologists Explore Link between Human Action and Landscape Change

University of Vermont 02/24/05

NASA Astrobiologist Identifies New 'Extreme' Life Form

NASA 02/23/05

Polar expedition contributes to ESA's ice mission CryoSat

European Space Agency 02/23/05

New study affirms reliability of fossil record

University of Chicago 02/10/05

Sequencing of marine bacterium will help study of cell communication

Virginia Tech 02/10/05

Fossil Hunting in Antarctica

Geotimes 02/05

Family trees of ancient bacteria reveal evolutionary moves

Washington University in St.Louis 02/02/05

Assessment of Recent Rapid Land-Cover Change Yields Portraits of Global Human Impact

American Institute of Biological Sciences - Press Release 02/01/05

Anti-Bacterial Additive Widespread In U.S. Waterways

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg - School of Public Health 01/21/05

Scientists Discover Unique Microbe in California's Largest Lake

University of Oregon 01/05/05

2004

Activities Of Subseafloor Life More Diverse Than Expected

University of Rhode Island 12/23/04

Drilled Shells Show Extinction's Lasting Effects

University of California - Davis 12/23/04

Microbe's Genome Promises Insight Into Earth's Carbon and Sulfur Cycling

National Science Foundation 12/15/04

Carbon Sink or Carbon Source? Aerosols Play Significant Role in Shifts

North Carolina State University 12/08/04

Global Assessments of Biodiversity Argue for Expansion of Protected Areas in Key Regions

American Institute of Biological Sciences 12/02/04

MBL Scientists Embark on International Effort to Uncover Microbial Diversity in World's Oceans

Marine Biological Labratory - Woods Hole 11/29/04

Pigeons Can Sense the Earth's Magnetic Field; Ability Might Allow Them to Return Home

University of North Carolina 11/24/04

Plankton Cool The Southern Hemisphere

Science Daily 11/24/04

Old Riverbed Keeps Chemicals From Entering Ohio River

Ohio State University 11/10/04

Who Laid The First Egg? Scientists Move A Step Closer To Linking Embryos Of Earth's First Animals To Adult Form

Science Daily 11/05/04

Scientists Hunt for Acid Rain and Methane in Wetlands

NASA Environmental News 11/03/04

Climate Uncertainty with CO2 Rise Due to Uncertainty About Aerosols

Brookhaven National Labratory 11/01/04

Munching microbes could cleanse arsenic-contaminated groundwater

University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign 10/26/04

Ancient Sea Spider Fossils Discovered In Volcanic Ash

Science Direct 10/22/04

ORNL system eliminates perchlorate, helps scientists trace source

Oak Ridge National Laboratory 10/20/04

Bacteria are genetically modified by lightning

NewScientist.com 10/19/04

Tracking Ancient Earth's Oxygen Levels Provides Backdrop for Evolution

University Of Missouri-Columbia 10/14/04

Laboratory test of evolutionary theory confirms the importance of connections between populations

UC Santa Cruz 10/13/04

Study Suggests Component of Volcanic Gas May Have Played a Significant Role in the Origins of Life on Earth

The Scripps Research Institute 10/07/04

Does Mars Methane Indicate Life Underground?

National Geographic 10/07/04

Increasing Uptake Of Carbon Dioxide By Soils Points To Promising Way To Mitigate Greenhouse Warming

Science Daily 10/04/04

Diatom Genome Reveals Key Role In Biosphere's Carbon Cycle

US Department of Energy 9/30/04

Bacteria Use 'Molecular Lasso' To Cop Copper

Science Daily 9/13/04

Complex Cells Likely Arose from Combination of Bacterial and Extreme-Microbe Genomes

NSF Press Rrelease 9/08/04

Understanding the Mysteries of the Grape: Geology and grapes connect in complex ways to produce the perfect glass of wine

GeoTimes 08/04

Evidence For The Impact Of Climate Change On Deep-sea Biodiversity

Science Daily 08/25/04

Fixed Assets: Aquatic Plants Sequester Toxic Compounds in Cell Tissue, Removing Contaminants from Wetlands

Georgia Tech Research News 08/23/04

Growth Spurt: Teenage tyrannosaurs packed on the pounds

Science News Online 08/14/04

Evolution Of Whale Hearing Unfolds In Fossil Record

Science Daily 08/13/04

Scientists' Showdown With Soil Moisture At The O.K. Corral

Science Daily 08/03/04

Duke Study Disputes Idea That Trees Can 'Relocate' Quickly In Response To Climate Change

Science Daily 08/02/04

Vostok Is Two Lakes: Antarctica's Lake Vostok Has Two Distinct Parts, Each With A Possibly Different Ecosystem

Geological Society of London News 07/08/04

Fresh Insight into the Dolomite Problem

Jay Chapman 5/27/04

Microbes at Work: A New Agent in Clay Transformations

Jay Chapman 5/27/04

Geologic Time Gets A New Period

BBC News 5/17/04