Wildfire smoke is teeming with them. Researchers have employed them to develop energy-dense biofuels like rocket, marine, and jet fuels. Scientists have engineered rice paddies that interact ...

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It is possible that extremophile microbes lcould exist on icy moons and planets with conditions similar to subglacial waters ...

Bacteria that colonize tiny plastic fragments drifting through the atmosphere can significantly enhance those particles’ ...

The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

Deep-sea microbes are adapting to global warming by reducing their use of iron and altering global marine chemistry.

A Caltech-led study published in Nature Microbiology found that drought drives elevated antibiotic resistance across soils ...

As climate change pushes heat deeper into the ocean, scientists have been concerned about disruptions to marine life’s ...

A new metal-organic coating protects bacterial cells from damage without impeding their growth or function. The coated bacteria, which produce ammonia, could make it much easier for farmers to deploy ...