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Your tooth plaque can reveal diet, diseases hundreds of years after death

Posted in Science on 4th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Research shows that buried within plaque is a history of the bacteria that crossed the teeth it's come to coat.

A piece of a tree could make an excellent, cheap water filter

Posted in Science on 3rd Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller

Diseases can thrive in the waters of developing nations, to the point that having a water filter can literally be a matter of life or death.

Your guts what you eat, too

Posted in Medicine on 7th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

Changing diet can quickly shift makeup of important microbes there, research says

CES 2014: Anti-bacteria Gorilla Glass announced

Posted in Science on 7th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

A new type of touchscreen glass that combats bacteria and fungi has been unveiled.

Extreme Diets Can Quickly Alter Gut Bacteria

Posted in Medicine on 13th Dec, 2013
by Alex Muller

The study takes a first step toward pinpointing how these gut microbes, collectively called the gut microbiome, might be used to keep us healthy.