Scientists use small peptides to enhance symbiosis between plants and fungi, offering a sustainable alternative to artificial fertilizers. Plant biologists discover new plant molecule, CLE16, as well ...

Industrial farming practices often deplete the soil of important nutrients and minerals, leaving farmers to rely on ...

A chemical radar allows bacteria to sense and eliminate predators. Investigating how microorganisms communicate deepens our ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through where ...

An unknown group of microbes is thriving in Earth's deep soil and they’re quietly helping to clean the water that becomes our ...

They say your pudding will spoil your tea, but it turns out cream cakes could also save the salmon in your sandwiches. Waste ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

Canada Gairdner Awards recognize the world’s most accomplished researchers whose work is improving our understanding of human ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research have developed an innovative system called MetaFlowTrain ...

Sticks of butter from Vermont-based Cabot Creamery have been voluntarily recalled due to high levels of coliform bacteria, a ...

Cabot butter is being recalled across seven states over concerns that it could contain coliform, a bacteria found in fecal matter.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a list of invasive species in Florida encouraging people to eat some of ...