Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister ...

Diatomaceous earth is a white powder made from crushed ancient diatom fossils. Its sharp edges damage insect bodies, making ...

New research reveals that Arctic diatoms—microscopic algae—can actively move and survive in sea ice at temperatures as low as −15° C (5° F). This groundbreaking discovery means that these tiny ...

You wouldn’t expect anything to be moving around inside a chunk of Arctic sea ice. At most, maybe a frozen microbe or two stuck in place for centuries. But that idea just got shattered. Tiny ...

Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar system — and also as a key to possibly understanding the origins of life. To ...

This is part of a NASA-supported project hoping to fabricate "device-ready" wafers from space-grown crystals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Join host Neil Lander as he sits down with Peter Baker, President of Live Oak Quality Assurance and former FDA Investigator of the Year, to explore the complexities of equilibration injections in ...

Artistic impression of the interaction of uranium with the freshwater diatom Achnanthidium saprophilum. Such diatoms can be the entry point for the accumulation of pollutants - for example ...

An area of the remote Southern Ocean that's long confused ocean color satellites by reflecting large amounts of turquoise-colored light appears to be full of silica-rich diatoms, according to a new ...