Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new technique that uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon from mine tailings.

It was tricky to find specific bugs associated with specific foods, but the presence of one particular microbe was a strong indicator of whether or

A machine-learning approach can give scientists insight into the environmental preferences of microbes, based only on their genes.

While it’s important to consume added and refined sugars in moderation, this neither means that you must nor should rid your diet of *all* sources

Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining.

If the bacteria with which someone is infected are antibiotic-resistant, physicians need to know so as soon as possible, so they can take the appro

Microbes are just about everywhere, from the soil to the air to Arctic ice to oceans, lakes, and rivers—not to mention all over your body and the p

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All these make life processes difficult.

Like other animals in the wild, the big animals that roam Alaska’s largest city are carrying bacteria that cannot be killed by commonly used medici

Groundbreaking RExMap database enables species-level mapping of gut microbes, revealing a core set of fifteen microbes shared by humans across the

Microbes that look like strange deep-sea creatures are turning out to be a missing link in the story of how we got here.

Fermented foods are often among the top nutritional suggestions for gut health, since they contain probiotic bacteria that are believed to have ben

Chinese researchers assessed the causal relationships between the human microbiome and longevity, finding certain types of microbes were related to

Specialized microorganisms that are found in only one type of environment turn out to occur there in relatively low but stable numbers.

An international research team is investigating nanowires in methane-producing and consuming microbes to understand how these filaments enable elec

They also build important soil structure. Bacteria and fungi attracted by the plant are, in turn, eaten by nematodes and protozoa.

On Earth, viruses are the most plentiful and varied forms of life, inhabiting every environment.

Soil stores more carbon than plants and the atmosphere combined, and soil microbes are largely responsible for putting it there.

Microbiologist Gaël Erauso studies microorganisms from the deep ocean to learn how they evolved from prebiotic organic molecules billions of years

Here’s a new weekly podcast about organic gardening with longtime Alaska garden and growing columnist Jeff Lowenfels.

I mean, fungus is definitely something that we found, we actually do have the Last of Us award for this sample that grew the biggest fungus,"

In the ocean alone viruses are ten times more abundant than microbes.

The Yanomami people of the Amazon have the world’s most diverse gut microbiome – and David Good, who is half Yanomami, thinks it might hold the clu