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Microbiology
According to Peter Ward's "Medea hypothesis," photosynthesizing organisms regularly doom most life on Earth by over-consuming carbon dioxide.
Slimy biofilms made up of bacterial and eukaryotic life forms have taken over an abandoned, flooded uranium mine in Germany.
Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them.
Each year, several trillion pounds of microscopic silicon-based skeletons fall down the water column to pile up into siliceous ooze.
Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores — and now virivores.
The vaccine provided protection for mouse and ferret models.
From synthetic biology to xenotransplantation, biotech will continue to march forward in 2023, in part powered by data and AI.
Passing chunks of ice can fertilize ocean waters and play a role in the planet’s carbon cycle.
We are still new at this.
Dead whales inspire a way to find extraterrestrial life on Mars.
The prescription poop can correct life-threatening bacterial imbalances in the gut.
ChatGPT's capabilities are astonishing.
Mycobacterium leprae, the bacteria that cause leprosy, have the surprising ability to grow and reverse aging in armadillo livers.
It weakens the bacteria so that the immune system can destroy it.
Antibodies can start forming in intestines over 10 years before symptoms arise.
Organic molecules can be produced by living or non-living systems. But the recent findings are very intriguing.
Since our arrival, humans have driven a seven-fold drop in the mass of wild land mammals.
Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
It’s simple to make, easy to use, and should work against any variant.
A food safety researcher explains another way to know what’s too old to eat.
The good news is that it can be countered with acne medication.
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?
What you need to know about this smallpox cousin.
Probably not. Even though we're still investigating the origin of life, the evidence suggests that cells came much later.