Plant roots secrete various flavonoids that are vital in establishing mutually beneficial relationships with rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbionts. Additionally, plants release other signaling molecules ...

Advances in microbial fermentation are being explored to generate isoprene, an essential monomer in rubber manufacturing.

Discover how marine microbes enhance agricultural sustainability by promoting plant growth and resilience against ...

Dr. Mariangela Hungria's pioneering research on soil bacteria has revolutionized Brazilian agriculture. For over 40 years, she developed natural methods for crops to absorb nitrogen from the air, ...

As the climate crisis accelerates, there's a desperate need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, both by slashing emissions and by pulling carbon out of the air. Subscribe to our ...

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, warming the planet far faster than carbon dioxide over the short term.

South Dakota State University researcher Dr. Ananda Nanjundaswamy is developing natural, microbe-based pigments to replace synthetic food dyes like Red No. 3, which the FDA plans to ban by 2027.

Synthetic biology is rapidly expanding the use of microorganisms as therapeutic agents, with scientists engineering bacteria ...

An international group of researchers has recently warned the broader scientific community and the public of the risks of mirror life—specifically, the creation of mirror microbes by scientists in the ...

In 1847 when Louis Pasteur first methodically separated left- and right-handed tartrate crystals from the cork of a wine bottle, the idea of creating life from oppositely handed molecules was almost ...