More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

People have long said that "bread is life." Now, researchers at Tufts University are using the bubbling mixtures of flour and ...

Microorganisms live in biofilms—the equivalent of microbial "cities"—everywhere on Earth. These city-like structures protect ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

The microbiome of infants is shaped by social relationships from an early age and not only by family sources, finds a recent ...

Learn how studying microbial communities during long-duration spaceflight could also reveal new ways to support human health ...

Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...

Invisible in their trillions, microbes dwell in our bodies, grow in soils, live on trees and are integral to planetary health ...

Distinct dietary patterns in Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis affect gut microbiota and inflammation, supporting the development of microbiome-informed dietary interventions.

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...