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Microbiology
Each year, several trillion pounds of microscopic silicon-based skeletons fall down the water column to pile up into siliceous ooze.
From synthetic biology to xenotransplantation, biotech will continue to march forward in 2023, in part powered by data and AI.
Mycobacterium leprae, the bacteria that cause leprosy, have the surprising ability to grow and reverse aging in armadillo livers.
Organic molecules can be produced by living or non-living systems. But the recent findings are very intriguing.
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
More than 90% of human faces are home to mites that live in our skin pores. These friendly guests might be merging with us.
A "bio-battery" made from genetically engineered bacteria could store excess renewable energy and release it as needed.
Scientists have discovered enzymes from several plastic-eating bacteria. So, why are our oceans still full of plastic pollution?
Researchers have discovered 830-million-year-old microbes living inside a salt rock on Earth. Could the same occur on Mars?
Probably not. Even though we're still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.
Intracellular bacteria promote cancer metastasis by enhancing the tumor cells' resistance to mechanical stress in the bloodstream
COVID-19 and other microbes have shed light on disease spillover from animals to humans, but we can also spillback disease to wildlife.