Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have identified a bacterial genus that promotes root growth and ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye—yet they play a central role in the quality of our ...

Identifying rare microorganisms in microbiome data just got easier. A team of researchers from Portugal and Canada has developed a new tool that uses machine learning to automatically detect rare ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are ...

The year 2020 was indicated as the globally warmest year within the decade by Copernicus Climate Change service. Data shows that Europe experienced an average 0.4°C increase in temperature in 2020 ...

A nutrient cycle refers to the exchange of organic and inorganic matter throughout an ecosystem, causing particular substances and elements to be sequestered, removed, recycled, and generated in the ...

Through photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich carbon compounds such as glucose. These compounds not only sustain the plant's own growth and ...

Groundwater hides dense communities of rock-bound microbes that shape water quality and help store carbon below ground.

A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common. A new analysis of the oldest ...