Cockroaches and their gut microbes can break down polystyrene and use it as energy, offering new clues for plastic waste ...

Scientists are storing backup copies of the bacteria, viruses, archaea, protists, and fungi that keep our planet healthy ...

The Australian startup says it has solved one of the biggest challenges facing synthetic biology companies, which it counts ...

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 ...

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

Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they ...

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

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.

Concrete may be one of the world's most familiar materials, yet much is still unknown about its inner microbial world. Researchers from Hiroshima University and Kyoto University found that once ...

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