Far beneath the icy Alaskan tundra, life lay dormant for tens of thousands of years. In ice-laden soil called permafrost, ...

At the US Army Corps of Engineers’ research facility in central Alaska, a unique tunnel descends underground. Measuring over ...

Ancient hot springs in Japan reveal how microbes adapted to Earth’s first oxygen, offering insights into early life.

In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists led by CU Boulder resurrected ancient microbes that had been trapped in ...

From The Thing to The Last of Us, dozens of sci-fi classics have warned us about this moment — but did we listen?

Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.

Between a third and half of all soil carbon on Earth is stored in peatlands, says Tom and Marie Patton Distinguished ...

“Microbes are the world’s oldest miners,” says Liz Dennett, founder and CEO of the start-up Endolith Mining, based near ...

A groundbreaking study reveals a surprising link between oral microbes and pancreatic cancer risk. Researchers found certain ...

A new study shows that bacterial cell wall molecules, specifically peptidoglycan, are present in the brain and fluctuate with ...

A new study from Boston University researchers found that the city's oak trees have more pathogens and plant decomposers.

Researchers develop enterololin, a new antibiotic that selectively targets harmful gut bacteria, aided by AI model DiffDock.