Commitment to Biofilm Formation

Pseudomonas aeruginosa start biofilm formation using mechanosensitive appendages.

https://smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2025/11/commitment-to-biofilm-formation/

The Other Side of the Hill

by Roberto - In a recent series of posts, I broached the subjects of growth and the cessation of growth. Bacterial and human. In case you missed those posts, here's an easy way to reach and read them:...

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Dying Sea Stars

Oceans cover most of the Earth's surface and contain more than 97% of all our water. The oceans' importance in supporting life on our planet, in regulating the climate, and as a home for a vast amount of...

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by Roberto — When I wrote "A New Dawn," which posted on July 21, the last thing I imagined for the fu­ture of STC was that our platform, Typepad, would go dark on us. Not just dark, pitch black. I was enthusiastically cruising along with my...

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just a few more days, and then we'll be back...

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A Hiatus for STC (Update)

by Christoph
Last week, Roberto informed you, dear readers, that we are forced to find a new platform for our blog due to the demise of Typepad, our platform since 2006. The good news is that we have found one and are busy transferring the blog there. In the future, you will find us at smallthingsconsidered.blog.

Read more > https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/09/a-hiatus-for-stc-update-.html

A Hiatus for STC (Hopefully brief)

by Roberto — As I was preparing my post that was to be published today, I learned that the platform STC has used since its inception – Typepad – will be discontinued. We got short notice; by the end of September, Typepad, along with all the information stored within, will disappear. The STC team went into emergency mode.
Read more → https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/09/a-hiatus-for-stc-hopefully-brief.html
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The Great Deceleration

by Roberto — As probably all STC readers are already well-aware, the end of exponential growth of the human population is near. The doubling time for humans to go from 2 to 4 billion was about fifty years. The population maintained pretty much the same doubling time going from 4 to 8 billion.

Read more > https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2025/08/the-great-deceleration.html
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