Microbes in water are like invisible travelers—and some carry disease with them. Keeping the water that flows through our ...

Hollywood and commercial cinema often portray microbes as villains—causing deadly epidemics, fueling apocalyptic scenarios, ...

Scientists found a microbe in a Yellowstone hot spring, Aquificales, that can use oxygen and sulfur at the same time to ...

Tiny ocean microbes like Prochlorococcus fuel marine life, but new research shows rising temperatures could threaten their ...

Cement has long been seen as one of the world’s dullest but most essential building materials. Sturdy and gray, this material ...

Emerging evidence suggests the bacteria living in your gut and mouth influence how you sleep at night. Scientists want to use ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

Terra Oleo had operated in stealth for years, developing yeast strains capable of producing high-value oils that don't need refining. It has raised $3.1 million.

Beans matter, but microbes may be the real secret to fine chocolate flavor. Scientists are building starter cultures that may improve quality.

Life teems under the Antarctic ice sheet. In subglacial Lake Mercer, it is surprisingly versatile and isolated from the rest of the world.

A bacterium that uses sulfide as an energy source to metabolize solid iron oxides has been discovered, revealing a biological ...

Singapore-based startup Terra Oleo has emerged from stealth with a $3.1m funding round to support its yeast-based ...