Category: Big Questions - Page 43

In a paper published in Nature last month, researchers found that there is a greater risk of landslides after earthquakes, especially…

Food scientists are always on the lookout for better ways to preserve fish. Could essential oils be the key? #sashimi #essentialoils

This is the story of how scientists first discovered that oxygen was a thing, in the 1700s. One of our writers did some digging into the…

Can photosynthetic organisms help clean up contamination? New research from @DominiqueChaput, @biominerals, @RadicalMicrobe & authors…

Scientists used to think cysteine was required to manufacture itself. Turns out, it isn't. In fact, cysteine slows down the manufacture of…

People with autism spectrum disorders were treated with microbiota transfer therapy, and a follow-up study after 2 years showed significant…

Based on new DNA results, the researchers were able to provide better classification of cyanobacteria.

Sort of like a fossilized microbial lasagna, fossils called “stromatolites” are formed when layered communities of different types of…

Many organisms live by breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide, and those that don’t often live by taking in carbon dioxide…

Have you ever driven past an old factory building and wondered what ever happened to the harsh chemicals that were used there? If you…