Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they ...

Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and ...

A study on wild northern cardinals shows that stress can change gut microbes and affect bird health in measurable ways.

A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert. The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) of South Africa, these microscopic ...

Microbial bioelectronic sensors use living bacteria that can create an electrical signal in response to the presence of a ...

Living bacteria generate electrical signals in a new hydrogel sensor that can detect substances in liquids like milk.

The trillions of microbes living in the human gut are increasingly recognised as important partners in human health.

The Atacama Desert is one of the most extreme habitats on Earth. Atacama surface soil samples include a mix of DNA from inside and outside living cells. A new technique allows researchers to separate ...