Ancient Microorganisms Provide Strong Evidence of Life in the Universe
A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an increasingly widespread understanding that life in the universe is common….
Microorganisms
Scientists Examine Microbial Life on a Sand Grain
A newly published study details microbial life on a sand grain: from bulk sediment to single grains. Just imagine, you are sitting on a sunny…
Scientists Discover the Greatest Absence of Evolution Ever Reported
Scientists from UCLA have discovered an organism that hasn’t evolved in more than 2 billion years. An international team of scientists has discovered the greatest…
Researchers Discover an Active Ecosystem One-Half Mile Below Antarctic Ice
Researchers from the WISSARD project have discovered an active ecosystem of microorganisms that live beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, converting ammonium and methane into the…
HMP Maps the Healthy Human Microbiome
With microbes outnumbering human cells by 10 to 1, the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) Consortium looks at how these microorganisms coexist with their human hosts…
Autistic Children Have Different Gastrointestinal Bacteria
A newly published study shows that many autistic children harbor Sutterella bacteria in their digestive tract, contrary to non-autistic children. While this research provides a…