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For the first time, an international team of scientists has discovered the true origin of sodium salt in pristine Amazon air.
Some cells stand firm against techniques to extract the biological material inside, while others don’t stand a chance.
The number of copies of genes a poplar tree has influences its traits.
A new route to make metal beneath a layer of graphite opens potentially new applications in solar cells and quantum computing.
Across ecosystems, microbial traits are preserved along lineages, much like in multicellular organisms, and can improve the development of soil models
Forest trees establish symbiotic relationships with microbes depending on how the climate determines the rate of soil organic matter decomposition.
Ground water microbes living outside a contaminated area contain mobile genetic elements that provide them resistance to heavy metals.
Scientists use supercomputers to determine how reliably a popular Earth system model represents precipitation regionally and globally.
A first-of-its-kind computer simulation reveals self-healing cement for geothermal and oil and gas wells performs better than originally thought.
Even a single species of bacteria can positively affect soils and plants, improving and even enabling agriculture in semi-arid areas.