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Nature’s Most Wicked-Looking Robot, The Bacteriophage
8:00AM Mark Wilson | I can’t lie; I’ve been waiting for an excuse to post a picture of a bacteriophage, the microscopic spider virus that lands on bacteria to inject its own DNA, for a long time. This Cyborg Life gives me an excuse. More »
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Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
1:00PM Rosa Golijan | Sharks are scary. So scary that the texture of their skin alone prevents parasitic bacteria from sticking. Good, because by modelling a plastic sheet-like surface after that scary skin, we can actually prevent drug-resistant superbacteria like MRSA from building up. More »
Peripherals
Piggy Flu Mania Means Vioguard’s Your Best Hope Against H1N1
7:49AM Jason Chen | The Vioguard keyboard might be the first keyboard to specifically target the swines, using two 25-watt UV lights to kill 99.99% of viruses and bacteria in about 90 seconds. More »
Design
Architecture Student Proposes Bacterially-Grown Wall Across the Entire Sahara Desert
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | To combat the Sahara Desert’s ongoing growth, student Magnus Larsson has proposed a 6,000km wall that will be—wait for it—constructed by letting a bacterium have its way with the sand, forming sandstone. More »
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Secret of Eternal Life, Better Sex Found in Mammoth Graveyard
9:40PM Jesus Diaz | Get ready for eternal life and better sex: Russian scientists working on a Siberian mammoth graveyard have found unknown bacterium DNA which, according to preliminary lab results, effectively extends mice’s life-as well as other things. More »
Gadgets
UV Razor Sanitiser Fights Off Nasty Bacteria You Picked Up Below the Equator
6:40AM Sean Fallon | So, you use your razor to shave EVERYTHING on your body and now it’s as sharp as the edge of a manila folder. Dull blades lead to cuts and cuts lead to mutant face fungus. More »
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A Beautiful Sunset, Painted in Fluorescent Bacteria
10:20AM Mark Wilson | This beach is awash in bacteria colonies that express eight different colours through fluorescent protein modification. And yes, that canvas is a petri dish. [Andrew Hires via MAKE] More »
Peripherals
Sharing Earphones Is a Nasty Proposition
1:05AM Mark Wilson | Remember that time Steve Jobs, countering Zune sharing, offered that the only way to share music was to intimately place one of your earbuds into another’s ear? Well that’s a bad idea, bacteria-wise. More »
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Nanoparticles Will Make Your Teeth Too Slick For Bacteria
11:30AM Jason Chen | Using a polishing technique previously employed in the semiconductor industry, a professor has discovered that it’s possible to make a tooth too slick to have bacteria stick to. For reals. More »
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