Scientists found that colorful pigments in Earth’s cloud microbes may help telescopes identify signs of life on distant ...

Microbes are masters of survival, evolving ingenious strategies to capture energy from their surroundings. For decades, ...

Scientists found iron-fueled microbial life thriving deep beneath the Red Sea at Hatiba Mons, revealing a vast, metal-driven ...

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

A newly discovered enzyme motif reveals how ocean microbes are evolving to digest plastic, potentially aiding future cleanup ...

Microbiologists discover bacteria that eliminate toxic sulfide and use iron minerals to grow. An international group of researchers led by microbiologists Marc Mussmann and Alexander Loy at the ...

Research and Education Hale at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa celebrated its 15th anniversary on Oct. 25, marking a decade and a half of cutting-edge discovery and sustainable design. The ...

You spend a third of your life in bed, but have you considered what you're sharing that space with? Your seemingly clean ...

Mostly, it helps us understand processes that were already occurring, helping us better capture the energy created by ...

Researchers discovered that soil microbes in Kansas carry drought “memories” that affect how plants grow and survive. Native plants showed stronger responses to these microbial legacies than crops ...

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