Scientists assumed most forms of life before the Great Oxidation Event didn't metabolize oxygen—but recent research suggests ...

Researchers have revived microalgae that had been dormant for millennia in the sediments of the Baltic Sea. This ...

Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...

The revived organisms resumed their biological activities as if they hadn't been without oxygen and light for thousands of ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant underneath sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for ...

Imagine the world’s oceans with their beautiful blue color. Now, imagine that the same oceans were green. This is the intriguing possibility suggested by new research from Nagoya University in Japan.

This energy is harnessed by primary producers, organisms capable of using solar energy in photosynthesis, to create energy-rich sugars and sugar-derived molecules as the basis of the Earth's ...

Scientists have spent decades genetically modifying the bacterium Escherichia coli and other microbes to convert carbon dioxide into useful biological products. Most methods require additional carbon ...