Who doesn’t love beautifully hued clothing? Well, how about Mother Nature? But can you blame her? Industrial dyes are ...

Billions of alkaline-loving microbes could offer a new way to protect nuclear waste buried deep underground. This approach ...

Humans have been fermenting food and drinks — everything from kimchi and yogurt to beer and kombucha — for more than 13,000 years. Fermentation – a natural process that uses microorganisms to create ...

Microscopic organisms are being deployed to capture methane from sources such as farms and landfills, with the potential for ...

Biomason plans to scale up its unique ‘biocement’ production process, taking aim at one of the world’s most polluting—and most widely used—products. While working at a design studio in New York City ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough in the study of bacteria for scientific use with the development of a sponge that can suck up local microorganisms and preserve them for future study. A team from ...

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 ...

Pivot Bio uses gene editing to turn naturally-occurring nitrogen-fixing soil microbes into microscopic fertilizer production ...

Even if you know instinctively that your kitchen sponge can get pretty nasty, the numbers still might shock you: 54 billion bacteria per cubic centimeter (yes, billion with a B) can be found on a ...