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Zombie-Ant Fungi Have Ruled the Earth for Over 100 Million Years

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the research describes two fossilized fungi entombed in Burmese amber from nearly 99 million years ago, offering the earliest direct evidence of ancient entomopathogenic fungi—those that infect and kill insects.

Aneknowledge June 15, 2025

Emerging Science Microbiology

Targeting Pest Bacteria: Agrochemical Antibiotic Offers New Hope for Smarter Crop Protection

A team of Japanese researchers has uncovered a surprising twist in the war against crop pests: it might be easier to crash pest populations by killing the bacteria inside them, rather than the insects themselves.

Aneknowledge June 14, 2025

Emerging Science Immunology Microbiology

Could Your Gut Be Fueling Autoimmune Disease? Scientists Say Yes

A groundbreaking synthesis published in Frontiers in Microbiomes has pulled back the curtain on one of the most overlooked power players in human health: the gut microbiota.

Aneknowledge June 13, 2025

Emerging Science Food Technology Microbiology

Fungal Code Cracked: Scientists Map Mushroom Gene Activity in Response to Light, Hunger, and Growth

The study, published in Cell Genomics, unveils a high-resolution transcriptome of the mushroom Coprinopsis cinerea, a model fungus, using state-of-the-art long-read sequencing and multi-condition expression profiling.

Aneknowledge June 12, 2025

Bioinformatics Molecular Biology

DNA Sequencing: Its History, Applications and Methods

An operating manual is provided along with most gadgets. The manual contains overall instructions required to use the gadget efficiently. Just like an operating manual our DNA is composed of…

Hasana Mahaju June 9, 2025

Emerging Science Microbiology

Scientists Uncover Game-Changing Drugs to Fight Chlamydia Without Harming Gut Bacteria

In a world grappling with rising antibiotic resistance, researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have unveiled a revolutionary new class of selective antichlamydial compounds that kill Chlamydia trachomatis

Aneknowledge June 8, 2025

Emerging Science Microbiology

Microbial Microrobots + Ultrasound = A New Weapon Against Cancer

In a pioneering study from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, scientists have created programmable ultrasound microrobots by fusing photosynthetic bacteria with red blood cells.

Aneknowledge June 6, 2025

Emerging Science Microbiology

Turning Trash into Treasure: Scientists Reprogram Mangrove Microbiomes to Eat Plastic

In a striking scientific breakthrough, an international team of researchers has successfully engineered PET-transforming bacterial consortia from mangrove soil—microbial communities capable of breaking down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the same plastic used in bottles and packaging.

Mitesh Shrestha June 5, 2025

Emerging Science

Turning on Biosynthesis: Scientists Use Light to Supercharge Cellular Factories

A team of Chinese scientists has flipped the biological "light switch" on a challenge that has plagued synthetic biology for years: how to keep cellular biofactories running at full speed.

Aneknowledge June 5, 2025

Genetics Molecular Biology

DNA fingerprinting: History, Procedure and Its Applications

A drop of our blood or just a single strand of our hair is enough to identify us without any mistakes.

Hasana Mahaju June 3, 2025