Environmental microbes caused more methane emissions than fossil fuels between 2020 and 2022, analysis finds
Environmental microbes, not fossil fuels, are to blame for the recent increase in global methane emissions, according to a detailed ...
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City microbes survive on disinfectants, study finds
New research shows that the microbes in our cities are evolving to resist the cleaners we use to kill them. ...
Some microbes used toxic gases to fight iron in Earth’s early oceans, geomicrobiologists say
Early in Earth's development, the atmosphere did not contain oxygen. However, dissolved iron in the oceans was oxidized in gigantic ...
The unexpected role of magnetic microbes in deep-sea mining
Polymetallic nodules are potato-sized formations on the ocean floor that are rich in minerals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese. ...
Powered by renewable energy, microbes transform CO₂ into proteins and vitamins
German researchers manage to extract proteins and vitamin B9 from microbes by feeding them only hydrogen, oxygen and CO2. The ...
Researcher helps develop new technique to explore ocean microbes
When Southern Methodist University (SMU) researcher Alexander Chase was a young boy, he was fascinated by the diversity of plants ...
Ancient microbes linked to evolution of human immune proteins
When you’re infected with a virus, some of the first weapons your body deploys to fight it are ones our ...
Diet, microbes and metabolism: implications for metabolic disorders
Growing evidence suggests that the secret to understanding human health and combatting metabolic disease lies in the microscopic world of ...
A dog regenerates a body part that may surprise you; plus microbes, neurons and climate change
Arriving on February 3 is a photo of a cute little French bully who did an incredible trick with his ...
Largest-ever study of ocean DNA creates comprehensive catalog of marine microbes
The ocean is the largest habitat on the planet, but much of its biodiversity is still unknown. A study published ...
