Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

In Earth's highly radioactive hotspots, life can get pretty strange – from fungus that seems to thrive to an explosion of ...

Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating ...

Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society. In a new proof-of-concept ...

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

The microbes living in sourdough starters don’t just appear by chance—they’re shaped by what bakers feed them. New research ...

"Like any good animal, we sense the change of seasons through a hundred subtle clues. Leaves change and shed, becoming crispy ...

In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

Methane-eating microbes could help convert one of the most powerful greenhouse gases into useful ...

An international review shows warming boosts microbial metabolism in thawing polar and alpine soils, accelerating breakdown ...

Cleaning and disinfecting are not the same thing, and there are plenty of items in your home that could be harboring germs if ...

In the obesity group, microbes appeared more active in breaking down sugars and proteins in ways that could contribute to health problems. Those metabolic shifts were also linked with higher levels of ...