This article explores the transformative potential and challenges of single cell omics in advancing our understanding of ...

The European project PROMICON issued five policy recommendations to support a new method for the production of sustainable ...

Microbiology is a biological science focused on the study of microorganisms. These are organisms that cannot be seen by the naked eye, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and single-celled algae and ...

The study highlights the urgent need to safeguard global tropical wetlands from human impact. Complex organisms, thousands of ...

Soil microbiology is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the study of all biological aspects of the microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, parasites and protozoa ...

The microbes were found in the Amazonian peatlands of Peru and could be valuable for sequestering carbon in the damp soils.

Raw water may not be as safe as it looks. Like raw milk, untreated water comes with dubious health claims and high risks.

Study author Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz collects soil samples in the lush rainforest of the Pastaza-Marañón Foreland Basin. Fieldwork like this is vital for understanding the complex ecosystems of the ...

A Texas A&M AgriLife Research team is developing sorghum hybrids with nitrogen-saving traits utilizing genetic diversity of wild relatives.

There are more than 30,000 plant diseases. This number really only applies to the plant diseases of “economical and aesthetic ...

It may seem backwards, but a layer of snow on the ground actually insulates the soil below making it warmer. The recent lack ...

In 2020, the City of Lausanne found that large areas of its soil had been contaminated with dioxins, which are chlorinated ...