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• 'Spiteful' Bacteria Would Rather Starve Their Colony Than Let Freeloaders Thrive, ScienceAlert, August 7, 2022.
• Bacteria Can Behave “Spitefully” To Those That Don’t Support The Colony, IFLScience, August 5, 2022.
• Study reveals 'spiteful' behaviour in bacteria, Phys.org, July 29, 2022.
• Plant Neurology, Epoch Times Magazine (Israel), February 11, 2020.
• For Best Results, Send Molecular Messages Using MIMO, IEEE Spectrum, July 11, 2016.
• 5 Live on Tech: Molecular Messaging w/ MIMO (with the Geek and the Guru) IEEE Spectrum (Video), July 8, 2016.
• Let the molecules do the talking, Chemistry World, December 2, 2014.
• It’s the alcohol talking, The Economist, March 8, 2014.
• Weird Planet, Daily Planet, Discovery Channel, January 27, 2014.
• Message in a boozy bottle, The Wall Street Journal, January 3, 2014.
• Vodka messaging, CHCH News, CHCH (Hamilton), December 19, 2013.
• How Canadian scientists used a mist of alcohol to develop a new pheromone-inspired way to send text messages, National Post, December 18, 2013.
• Interview on CTV News Channel with Dan Matheson, CTV News Channel, December 18, 2013.
• Interview on Friendly Fire, CFRB NewsTalk 1010 (Toronto), December 18, 2013.
• Interview on The Shift with Mike Eckford, CKNW AM980 (Vancouver), September 24, 2013.
• Data in the wind, Electronics Letters, September 12, 2013.
• Researchers work to replicate bacterial communication, Engadget, July 1, 2010.
• The challenge of molecular communication, ACM TechNews, July 1, 2010.
• Computer science breakthrough: Replicating bacterial communication, io9.com, June 29, 2010.
• The challenge of molecular communication, Technology Review (Physics arXiv blog), June 28, 2010.