Plants convert light into a form of energy that they can use—a molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP)—through photosynthesis.

A new study in collaboration with Oregon State University finds moisture plays a key role in soil’s ability to store carbon.

Think for a minute about all the people stacked on top of each other in cities – not to mention dogs, cats, ferrets, rats, and cockroaches… and you

Perhaps the first account of a war with extraterrestrials, War of the Worlds is incredibly forward thinking for being written in 1897, understandin

Giant Microbes produces cute plushies of your favorite cell type or infectious disease.

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Finger-like rock structures on Mars could harbor potential evidence of past life on the Red Planet, according to new research.

"The idea there is, if any of the oil with the sawdust escaped a burn site, the microbes would be there to consume the escaped oil," Bonh

There's more to it — a SCOBY hosts a variety of yeasts and bacteria, and it's typically left open to wild microbes during fermentation —

SAN FRANCISCO — The first post-apocalypse tenants of ground zero of the dinosaur extinction didn’t waste much time moving in.

The research demonstrates the developmental role of teeming communities of bacteria and other microbes -- the microbiota -- in the bodies of animal

Sweeteners upset the delicate balance and function of your microbiome (bowel flora) A study in 2008 found that feeding Splenda (sucralose) to rats

While it may not seem like beer has much to do with biodiversity, that’s not true: Brews rely on plants and land and, perhaps most important, micro

Methane is many times more potent than carbon dioxide, but it's also more difficult to capture.

The use of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide) begins a downward spiral, making it necessary for farmers to use more and more h

The average human adult contains 10 trillion human cells, but has 100 trillion microbes on their skin, hair and mouth and in their intestines.

9 However, once again critics claim that these discoveries may not be melanosomes after all, but are just microbes that look like melanosomes, sinc

One approach would be to genetically engineer microbes capable of producing the molecule.

The adult human intestine is inhabited by 100 trillion microbes and its microbiome contains at minimum 100 times the number of genes of the human g

Before it became the French kiss, it was called the Florentine kiss. 8.

Gut bacteria have been associated with a number of immune diseases and treatment of diverse medical conditions.

“Plunging it into Saturn ... is the safest” option.

That thinking is in line with science suggesting overly sanitized environments may mess up the microbes in our bodies, leaving us more vulnerable t

Turns out lots of things in -- and taken out of -- the foods you eat can upset your guts and the trillions of microbes that live there, making you