Most people probably don't think about soil as a living thing. But it is filled with millions of tiny organisms that play a ...

An Antarctic lake once thought to be completely frozen is instead teeming with life, leaving researchers thrilled about its educational possibilities. As reported by Live Science, the researchers ...

Residues from plants and animals and microbial biomass can be converted by microorganisms to useful energy outputs, including methane, hydrogen or electricity. Microbial biomass can also be ...

Microbial life thrives in some of the most extreme environments on Earth. Bacteria, archaea, and other microorganisms inhabit ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Cincinnati achieved a ...

This research not only brings new hope for sustainable agricultural production but also lays a strong scientific foundation ...

Bigelow Laboratory scientists have advanced an exciting method for linking the activity of individual microbes to their ...

Scientists' yearlong study on Antarctic microbial communities reveals how climate change alters bacterial and phytoplankton ...