Interview with Simonetta Gribaldo
May 29, 2020
Simonetta Gribaldo works at the Pasteur Institute and is one of the world experts in archaea, which are fascinating yet still mostly unknown microorganisms.
Etiqueta: microorganisms
Producing more food in a sustainable way is possible
Mar 06, 2020
Biotechnological tools such as gene editing or synthetic biology will contribute to increase agricultural production in a sustainable way.
Miasma
Dec 02, 2019
The miasmas – a frightening name concealing a solid lack of knowledge – were supposed vapours carrying particles of «corrupted matter» that caused infectious diseases.
Powers of 10
May 06, 2019
Technological advances, such as telescopes and microscopes, have enabled us to enlarge our world, up and down. Microbes are an example of the two scales, small and large.
Can plants have cancer?
Nov 21, 2016
The answer to this is yes. Plants can reproduce errors in the growth of some cells, which would cause the formation of cell masses or tumours that could be considered cancers.
A window to the past: the lake Vostok case
Jun 10, 2013
At the centre of Antarctica, under Russian Vostok Station (Vostok being Russian for East), and very close to the South Pole, there is an enormous, elongated lake of around 14,000 square kilometres (30% more than the province of Valencia). But it cannot be seen; it