With growing concerns over fossil fuel depletion and the environmental impacts of petrochemical production, scientists are ...

Increased warming in high-latitude wetlands seems poised to increase the activity of methanogens, or methane-producing ...

Ancient hot springs in Japan reveal how microbes adapted to Earth’s first oxygen, offering insights into early life.

Back when James Parkinson first described the disorder now known as Parkinson’s disease, he noticed that severe constipation can be a prelude to the signature tremors. In the 208 years since then, ...

After so many years of learning how microbes work, researchers are now digitally recreating their inner workings to tackle challenges ranging from climate change to space colonization. In my work as a ...

So, how did early Earthlings survive while this titanic change was underway? “These iron-rich hot springs provide a unique ...

In a groundbreaking study using Merino sheep, researchers uncovered that tiny genetic variations within gut microbes can ...

This chemical composition mirrors that of the Earth’s oceans around the time of the GOE "These iron-rich hot springs provide a unique natural laboratory to study microbial metabolism under early Earth ...

The gut microbiome, a vast assortment of bacteria and other microorganisms that inhabit our digestive system, plays a critical role in converting food into energy. Many of these microbes follow ...

Dwarf planet Ceres is depicted in these enhanced-color renderings, which utilize images from NASA’s Dawn mission. New thermal and chemical models that rely on the mission’s data indicate Ceres may ...