Fungi influence the recovery of pollutants in the environment
Researchers found a hidden selenium cycle tied to manganese oxide minerals made by common soil fungi.
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Researchers found a hidden selenium cycle tied to manganese oxide minerals made by common soil fungi.
In a paper published in Nature last month, researchers found that there is a greater risk of landslides after earthquakes, especially…
Sort of like a fossilized microbial lasagna, fossils called “stromatolites” are formed when layered communities of different types of…
Many organisms live by breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide, and those that don’t often live by taking in carbon dioxide…
In an effort to make these carbon storage wells safer and more effective for long term use, a team of scientists decided to try a biological…
Sulfuric acid production by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria may be a solution to a long standing mining problem.
Our coral reef ecosystems, often called “underwater rainforests,” are quickly changing. Coral reefs are elaborate and complex ecosystems…
Antibiotic resistance is a major public health crisis worldwide as bacteria develop the ability to defend themselves against many, sometimes…
When studying Earth’s past, researchers want to understand how nutrients like nitrogen cycled and the impact biology had on them.…
Scientists recreated a deep-ocean environment where underwater volcanoes spew heat and chemicals to test whether or not biological molecules…