A resilient gut microbe, Bacillus subtilis, has survived the extreme conditions of space launch and reentry - great news for ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising strategy plants use to thrive when an essential nutrient—sulfur—is in short supply.

Researchers have recently proven that common soil bacteria can use light captured earlier in the day to power chemical work ...

Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas say microbes in the gut could be a key to reducing pain from sickle cell ...

The cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is a soil microbe that produces diverse natural products with potential ...

Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out. A ...

Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are ...

Deep below the surface of some of the planet’s northernmost wilderness, the soil and rock has been frozen for millions of years. It’s called permafrost, and in central Alaska just south of the Arctic ...

A tiny marine microbe that could turn out to be a "secret weapon" in the battle against climate change has been discovered by scientists. The single-celled microbe has the potential to absorb carbon ...

Earth wouldn't be the lively place it is without photosynthesis, which harnesses solar energy to fuel most of the planet's food webs.

Research led by the University of Cambridge has found the first clear evidence that the 'good' gut bacteria Bifidobacterium ...

Plant microbe 1 Scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) - a biofilm & ...