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Oak trees change their fine roots and "energize" soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, ...
With the help of methane-munching-microbes, these translucent sea spiders gobble up a potent greenhouse gas to stay alive.
Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.
Within the complex hierarchy of marine ecosystems, giant viruses are now being recognized as novel drivers of both ecological ...
The largest sloth of all time was the size of an elephant. Known to paleontologists as Eremotherium, the shaggy giant ...
Viome partners with Microsoft to scale its RNA-based health platform, using AI and cloud computing to deliver personalized ...
Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these ...
Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these ...
Nicknamed Chonkus, the microbe is a type of cyanobacteria, which feeds on carbon dioxide through photosynthesis like plants.
If microbes can influence our brains, could they also explain some of our behavior, including the criminal sort? Some microbiologists think so, at least in theory.
Researchers have isolated a giant virus, which was named Jyvaskylavirus. The discovery shows that giant viruses are more common in northern regions than researchers have thought. It also ...