In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

Remote and extreme environments, including ocean trenches, volcanic craters, deep caves, and polar regions host rich and diverse microbial life. But studying these microbiomes can be difficult, ...

Research on microbial responses to simulated microgravity has revealed profound alterations in growth, metabolism, gene expression and community dynamics. In space environments, the modified ...

Scientists are exploring marine microbes to combat antimicrobial resistance and develop new drugs from oceanic genetic ...

Living in space presents many challenges, from extreme radiation to bone loss. However, an often-overlooked factor is the microbial environment inside spacecraft. On Earth, humans exist within a vast ...

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Astronauts often experience immune dysfunction, skin rashes, and other inflammatory conditions while traveling in space. A new study publishing February 27 in the Cell Press journal Cell suggests that ...

As microplastics accumulate in soils, waters, and even the human body, scientists are racing to understand how these ...

When one thinks about a diverse environment, indoor areas usually don’t come to mind. However, indoor environments are ripe for microorganisms, which can enter on humans and via exchanges with outdoor ...

Today, out of an estimated 1 trillion species on Earth, 99.999 percent are considered microbial - bacteria, archaea, viruses, ...