Studies now show that most wildfires don’t kill microbes. That’s fueling worries about what risks these smoke hitchhikers might pose to people.
When viruses become more infectious or better able to survive the body’s immune system, they become a type of variant known as a strain.
There may be a billion species of microorganisms on Earth — but scientists have only discovered a small fraction of them.
By whitening shells, the organism helps the shellfish stay cool on sunny days, a new study suggests.
Single-celled green algae swim through water as free cells. Most use only photosynthesis for their energy. But not all of them, a new study shows.
New research identifies an altered mix of microbes in the body — ones commonly seen in people with poor diets — that may worsen coronavirus disease.
Researchers will soon give some healthy people the new coronavirus. Their young volunteers have agreed to get sick to speed coronavirus research.
Scientists explain why everyone needs to value the soils beneath our feet — and why we should not view them as dirt.
Teeming with life, soils have more going on than most of us realize.