Microscopic organisms are being deployed to capture methane from sources such as farms and landfills, with the potential for ...

Presence of fecal and skin microbes on kitchen cutting boards indicates poor hygiene that increases the risk of food ...

Two new studies uncover unexpected ways that microbes move, offering insights that could impact our understanding of human ...

Pesticides used on commercial farms, and even your backyard flower bed, could be harming the healthy bacteria that live in ...

Small Yellowstone quakes changed deep groundwater chemistry and boosted hidden microbes. The study shows how shaking can ...

A recent study suggested that concentration of peptidoglycan seems to increase in periods of sleep deprivation. This is a sign that the gut microbiota might play a role in sleep quality.

As the climate crisis accelerates, there's a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both ...

In a new study published in New Phytologist on Nov. 23, Prof. Zeng Fanjiang's team from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and ...

Pivot Bio uses gene editing to turn naturally-occurring nitrogen-fixing soil microbes into microscopic fertilizer production ...

Researchers have launched the first coordinated plan to protect microbial biodiversity, calling attention to the “invisible 99% of life” that drives essential Earth systems. The IUCN has formally ...

Sleep is one of the essential physiological needs for human survival, alongside food, water and air. But sleep is socially ...

Scientists have discovered living microbes producing methane in the fractured rocks deep inside Sweden's Siljan impact crater ...