As Earth enters an age of rapid ecological change, a quiet revolution is taking place in freezers chilled to -80°C.

A global effort to create a “microbial Noah’s Ark” to preserve the world’s diverse collection of healthy microbes before they ...

A global microbiome preservation effort dubbed “Microbial Noah’s Ark” entered a new phase and announced the creation of ...

Scientists in Switzerland are deep-freezing human feces and fermented foods in a \"doomsday vault\" to preserve microbial ...

Explore the growing importance of culture banks in global life sciences research, supporting innovation, and scientific ...

The ideal target for preservation is a water activity of 0.85 to 0.80 (a w). But, again, you don't need to know how to measure or calculate this as long as you have a good recipe to follow.

Fermented foods have been a cornerstone of human diets for millennia, offering preservation and health benefits. Long before ...

The best way for scientists to improve their microbial QC workflows is to utilize new technologies and products that can reduce the time and resources required to generate authenticated, ready-to-use ...

Microbial alchemy "Microbes are nature's alchemists," says Braden Tierney, a microbiologist at Harvard Medical School. "They are capable of taking just about any compound or chemical anywhere in ...

The preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments has long been a key question remaining unclear in understanding the long-term carbon cycling on Earth. Recently, scientists have gained new ...

Scientists have identified a new microbe that developed onboard China's Tiangong space station, according to a new study. The strain, officially named niallia tiangongensis, is a new variant of a ...