Glowfriends

How to detect hazardous wastes dumped in seawaters? Tiny, glowing bugs might be the answer

Rise in algae growth

Clay has curative properties

Benevolent bacteria

Uphill TRIPS

Bid to revive morality, transparency issues in patents regime amid stiff resistance

Fluoride for a meal

Bacteria to help tackle fluorosis

Washing water

Microbes can rid polluted water of toxic metals and colours

Save the killers

Even the nasty little bugs are worth conserving

Plankton warming

Killer cornered

Persistent weed killers meet their match

Dead sea of Japan

Fertilising the ocean

Iron leads to the growth of algae, which absorb carbon dioxide

To catch the polluter

Water pollutants can be traced using a bacterium DNA

Infection threat from clean hospitals too

Bioinspectors

Biomonitoring of contaminants comes of age

Taste for nuclear waste

A bacterium that mops up uranium

Structure of key TB protein unraveled

Scientists unravel the structure of key TB protein

Punjab's spiritual farming

Bytes

Colours of Nature

An organisation in Mumbai documents the presence of dyeing pigments in microbes and plants

A red alert

Phytoplankton bloom along the Indian coast threatens marine life

Microwarriors

Microorganisms to fight pollution

Little evidence to bacteria-rich food claims

IN SHORT

Drink only bacteria?