Secondary school students Misha Hegde and Mia Maurer are investigating whether special viruses, called bacteriophages, can be used as biological ...

There are no organisms that cannot be parasitized ... A relação entre um parasito e suas espécies de hospedeiro não resulta, na maior parte das vezes, em dano ou doença ao hospedeiro. Entretanto, numa ...

Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water ...

Plastics are everywhere—from packaging and textiles to electronics and medical devices. As plastic waste breaks down, it ...

This exponential population growth is accompanied by climate change, bringing challenges such as floods, droughts, pests, ...

In many careers, a person must learn foundational skills before advancing deeper into their profession. A recent paper in ...

After all, such alterations can change the organism's metabolism, growth rate, and/or response to external environmental factors. These consequences influence not only the GMO itself, but also the ...

I'd like y’all to stroll a bit around downtown Chapel Hill. The trees are waking and I thought it might be nice for us to ...

Soil microbiology is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the study of all biological aspects of the microorganisms (bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, parasites and protozoa) that ...

The Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM, instrument, can analyze samples of Martian rock and soil to seek out organic ... to potential biosignatures from ancient organisms,” Horgan said.

Synthetic biology is the use of genetic engineering and other advances in biotechnology to generate new organisms or manipulate existing ... For example, it is now well known that the Martian soil is ...

Mar. 25, 2025 — This a robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one ...