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 team has proposed a cutting-edge research strategy that leverages artificial ...

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

Earthworms remove 70-95 percent of antibiotic resistance genes from farm manure, making safer fertilizer for crops.

Coral reefs appear to run a daily timetable for microscopic life in nearby waters. Scientists found that microbial ...

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

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively ...

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

Microbial assays are a technique to assess a compound’s potency or concentration. This is carried out by exposing microorganisms to the compound and determining its effect on them. Microbial assays ...