When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...

On the ISS, viruses can still infect bacteria, but the process slows and pushes both organisms to evolve along different paths ...

Coral reefs are teeming with life: they are home to over a third of all marine animal and plant species on Earth, despite covering less than one percent of the ocean floor. However, this immense ...

Scientists aboard the Tara Pacific expedition have cataloged thousands of previously unknown microbial species living inside reef-building corals, revealing a vast reservoir of biological compounds ...

An experiment on board the ISS tested the use of microorganisms to mine asteroids in the microgravity environment.

The discovery of Psychrobacter SC65A.3, isolated from the Scărişoara Ice Cave in Romania, is both a blessing and a curse.

Tests conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendras have found that the decline in beneficial microbes is weakening soil health, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Today, Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist and a deputy director of the ...

Life on Earth may have learned to breathe oxygen long before oxygen filled the skies. MIT researchers traced a key ...

Learn more about the microbes that consume plastic and how they could one day help clean up our ...

Scientists have discovered vast microbial life deep within Earth's solid rock, challenging previous beliefs. These organisms, ...