Faint ridges in Moroccan rock have revealed an ancient mystery: signs of microbial life deep below the sea surface, where ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...

We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research ...

A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...

University of Haifa’s Dr. Derya Akkaynak calls the study 'a critical baseline' that will enable future research to better ...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, according to a new study.