Freezing drops of water accelerating through space could hold the truth about life beyond Earth.

Extreme temperatures, intense solar radiation, no air to speak of — the surface of the moon has long been considered too hostile for life to hang on. Then an Israeli probe, Beresheet, crashed on the ...

Scientists have streamlined a method for measuring DNA-bound phosphorus in soil, making it cheaper and easier while ...

When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food to build its own body, or it respires its meal as carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the ...

For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a network of approximately 20 microbes that universally drive the decomposition of animal flesh. The findings have significant ...

Researchers are racing to culture a menagerie of exotic organisms and finding lots of surprises along the way.

A new study from Hong Kong reports that some of the microbes found in a range of urban environments are evolving to resist the cleaners we typically use to eliminate them. Just like humans, every city ...

Thinking about "Symbiosis between Charcoal and Plants" from the perspective of soil microbes —Plants grow by extending their ...

Experiment suggests organisms could live in harsh environment under Enceladus’s icy crust, strengthening possibility moon could support life ...

Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists have discovered a crucial connection between gut microbes and anxiety-related behavior. Their research suggests that microbial ...