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Dryland agroecosystems, which cover approximately 40% of the world’s terrestrial regions and support over two billion people, ...
Dr. Neelendu Dey studies whether gut microbes can be harnessed to prevent and treat colon cancer. He factors the latest research into his lifestyle choices.
Oak trees change their fine roots and "energize" soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, ...
Scientists at the University of Houston may have taken a big step toward solving one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems. They’ve engineered sheets of bacterial cellulose (essentially ...
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Nemailla Bonturi is a biotech entrepreneur and executive with over a decade of experience in applied microbiology, ...
With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.
Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...
On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...
Melting glaciers in Greenland are unleashing hidden methane and shifting soils from carbon sinks to warming sources.
Cancer therapies called checkpoint inhibitor drugs, which ratchet up the immune system, work better when this bacterium is ...