Decomposition is essential to all ecosystems, both on land and in the ocean. In marine environments, decomposition and ...

Some bacteria are able to tap into unusual sources of nutrients in the surface water of the oceans. This enables them to increase their primary production and extract more carbon dioxide from the ...

In a groundbreaking scientific development, a strain of bacteria that can produce pure gold has been discovered. This finding opens up new and exciting possibilities for gold extraction techniques ...

Rocketry, aviation, and shipping are powered by energy-dense fossil fuels that are hard to replace. Researchers headed by a team at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab and the Technical University Denmark now ...

Aircrafts transport people, ship goods, and perform military operations, but the petroleum-based fuels that power them are in short supply. Researchers have found a way to generate an alternative jet ...

Bacteria need to constantly adapt to compete against other species for nutrient sources and to survive against threats such as antibiotics and toxins. In an effort to understand how bacteria control ...

Antimicrobial resistance and ecological disruption caused by broad-spectrum disinfectants have created an urgent need for ...

Incomplete water disinfection may unintentionally accelerate the spread of antibiotic resistance genes in aquatic ...