All Editorial articles – Page 302
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OpinionFood waste is a vital resource that could be mined to meet food security goals
Achieving sustainable solutions for food and nutritional security is a top global priority at present, with the drive to provide nutritionally balanced food to people around the world, and fulfil the target SDG 2.
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OpinionHow AI gives us food for thought
Michael Ukwuru reveals the many ways in which artificial intelligence could address global food safety challenges.
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NewsGlobal response to antimicrobial resistance ‘insufficient’
Governments around the world must do more to tackle the growing threat of drug-resistant infections, new research suggests.
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NewsCovid-19 jab shows no serious side effects in young children
A review of more than 245,000 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines given to young children - most of them aged 4 and younger - found no indications of serious side effects.
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NewsMicrobes are most important players in storing carbon in soil - by far
Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production.
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NewsTeam founds AI-powered vaccine library to prevent future pandemics
A research project to develop novel antigen designs will focus on 10 known virus families to build the ‘vaccine library’, using the computer-based Rosetta platform.
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NewsViruses hidden in coral symbiont’s genetic material pose threat to reefs
Microscopic algae that corals need for survival harbour a common and possibly disease-causing virus in their genetic material, an international study has found.
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NewsPreviously unknown antibiotic resistance widespread among bacteria
A new study shows that bacteria in almost all environments carry resistance genes, with a risk of them spreading and aggravating the problem of bacterial infections that are untreatable with antibiotics.
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NewsResearchers reveal sulphate assimilation pathway for methanogen
Study uncovers how a methanogenic microbe reassembles a metabolic pathway piece by piece to transform sulphate into a cellular building block.
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NewsEarth’s fungal networks could be essential to reaching net zero
Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, a new study reveals.
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NewsFungal proteins act to suppress host plant immunity
Researchers have identified and categorized four fungal proteins called effectors responsible for suppressing host plant immunity from infection.
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NewsNovel bacterial strain in feed boosts broiler chicken growth and changes gut microbiome
A novel bacterial strain added as a supplement to broiler chicken feed not only boosts their growth rate, but significantly alters their caecal microbiome, enhancing the capacity for microbial amino acid and vitamin biosynthesis, a new study shows.
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CareersWhy I dived into a whole new discipline to find out how microbiome affected vaginal mesh
As a clinical academic, my research into mid-urethral mesh slings led me to wonder if the local microbiome played a role - and that meant developing a whole new skillset.
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NewsWorkings of bacterial RNA riboswitch laid bare
Researchers have revealed, using a combination of biochemistry, structural biology and computational modeling, how a particular riboswitch regulates its own synthesis, offering a new target for antibiotics.
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NewsDrugs pipeline rife with strategies to combat MRSA
A host of new antimicrobial strategies are in the development pipeline that could provide hope for healthcare sectors battling multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
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NewsWomen are more prone to repeat cases of toxoplasmosis eye disease
Women are more likely to experience recurrent cases of the Toxoplasma parasite, new research suggests.
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NewsSymbiotic and pathogenic fungi may use similar tools to manipulate plants
Scientists have discovered that remotely related fungi are using a similar group of proteins to manipulate and live within plants.
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NewsStudy uncovers how Leishmania parasite adapts so quickly to drugs
Scientists probing the parasite’s gene expression regulation during mRNA translation have discovered how it is able to preemptively and quickly adapt and respond to drug treatments.
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NewsScientists uncover mechanism used by archaea to break down crude oil
Researchers have demonstrated that archaea use a previously unknown mechanism to degrade liquid petroleum alkanes at high temperatures without the presence of oxygen.
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NewsGut microbiota may hold the secret to reaching 100
Researchers studying centenarians have discovered that the combination of intestinal bacteria and bacterial viruses of these people is quite unique.