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Methane-munching microbes modify the seafloor

Posted on June 16, 2025June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

Researchers showed that methane-eating bacteria acidify their surroundings and dissolve carbonate rocks on the seafloor.

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    How do microbes prepare for winter?

    Posted on October 28, 2024June 25, 2025 by Hunter Dulay

    Researchers discovered that when cyanobacteria sense shorter days they change their cell walls to survive freezing temperatures.

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      How long will plastic waste stick around in the deep sea?

      Posted on August 15, 2022June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

      Plastics are ideal for use in household and industrial products because they are strong and elastic, but these properties also make them…

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        Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are way older than penicillin

        Posted on February 10, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Remember the classic chases where Wile E. Coyote tries to catch Roadrunner but is often outsmarted? It turns out that bacteria have to…

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          Mars could host a deep underground biosphere

          Posted on October 21, 2021June 13, 2025 by Andrea Corpolongo

          Scientists estimate that parts of Mars’ would be able to support up to one million microbes per kilogram of rock deep underground.

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            Deep-ocean rocks mimic early Mars

            Posted on October 14, 2021June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

            It’s no secret that humans have their eyes on the Red Planet. Since the surface of Mars is really different from Earth, a lot of…

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              Ancient Microbes reveal Earth’s response to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs

              Posted on July 28, 2020June 24, 2025 by Andrea Corpolongo

              Scientists study organic material from the Chicxulub crater to identify the microbes that lived within it, to understand what happened to…

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                A new way to look for signs of ancient life on Earth and Mars

                Posted on June 5, 2020October 24, 2022 by Andrea Corpolongo

                The Mars 2020 mission involves sending a rover, named Perseverance, to Mars to look for evidence of past life on that planet. Perseverance…

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                  Strange microbes found living in caves of sulfuric acid

                  Posted on May 20, 2020June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                  Researchers studying a sulfuric acid cave in Italy are among the first to describe organisms found living in gypsum, an acidic mineral…

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                    What can microbes teach us about life in extreme environments?

                    Posted on May 13, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                    Microbes on Earth have adapted to survive in some pretty extreme locations. The extreme dryness of deserts, high salinity in salt deposits,…

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