Microbiology

Do Not Eat Any Romaine Lettuce, Warns CDC Two Weeks Late

After 32 people were infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 in 11 states between October 8th to October 31st, the CDC is now warning people about Romaine lettuce.  All of it, whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine, an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2022 - 8:06am

Science Vs Nature: How To Prevent Rot In Half Of All Food

Whole Foods and other high-priced alternatives like Farmer's Markets sell imagery of pretty, thin people carrying bountiful produce, but the icky reality is that, unless it is canned or frozen, most food purchased rots quickly. It is nature at work. R ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2022 - 11:19am

Another Virus From China Has Been Detected In Switzerland

Two years before SARS-CoV-2, the Alongshan (ALS) virus emerged in China. It was alarming because it was found to be a member of the flavivirus family along with the devastating tickborne encephalitis  (TBE) virus, which can cause inflammation of the brain ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2022 - 2:24pm

How Pasteur Made Our Modern Food Bonanza Possible

The death of a three-year-old child caused by drinking unpasteurized milk late last year invited much commentary about food safety and regulation. But little has been said about the man who gave his name to the process that makes dairy products, and many ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 9 2023 - 3:55pm

Warmer Temperatures Alter ‘Missing Link’ Of Microbial Processes In Peat Moss

If you’re a gardener, you may use peat moss- decomposed Sphagnum moss- in soil because it helps retain moisture.  Peatlands, wetlands characterized by a thick layer of water-saturated, carbon-rich peat beneath living Sphagnum moss, trees, and other plant l ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2023 - 2:56pm

Britain's Bubonic Plague Of 2000 BC

Two cases of Yersinia pestis in human remains found in a mass burial in Charterhouse Warren in Somerset and one in a ring cairn monument in Levens in Cumbria show that the Plague may have erupted a few times in severe form across Europe, and it was even in ...

Article - News Staff - May 30 2023 - 1:04pm

Your Poop Is Alive. Here's What's In It

If you’ve ever thought your poo is just a bunch of dead cells, think again. Most of it is alive, teeming with billions of microbes. Here’s what studies in healthy adults reveal makes up our poo. Water Our feces is largely (75%) made up of water, although ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 29 2023 - 2:37pm

Wages Of Sin- The 21st Century Nexus Of Bioweapons And Biotechnology

In only a few weeks, a shift in the world’s disposition caused the human race to fall flat on its face. An unswerving virus named SARS-CoV-2 crippled the 21st century’s roaring socioeconomic infrastructure, creating a doomsday scenario.  The resulting dise ...

Article - Safa Mariyam - Apr 19 2024 - 11:41am