Astrobiologists in Germany are developing a new testing device that could help tease dormant alien microbes into revealing ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

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Antibiotics are indispensable for treating bacterial infections. But why are they sometimes ineffective, even when the ...

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

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A small but mighty single-celled organism that dates back 500 million years punches far above its weight when it comes to ...

This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

Across the tree of life, human activities are accelerating declines in biological species diversity, from deserts to oceans ...

13 According to this theory, an ancestral eukaryotic cell engulfed a prokaryotic organism capable of energy production. Over time, the two organisms developed a symbiotic relationship, eventually ...