Our gut is home to a micro-universe of tiny powerhouses, complete with their own genes and immune and metabolic profiles, ...
More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...
An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...
Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...
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This is SPARDA: A self-destruct, self-defense system in bacteria that could be a new biotech tool
A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...
In a scientific twist that blends cutting-edge genomics with Norse mythology, researchers have identified the closest microbial relatives of all complex life on Earth, including humans. The discovery ...
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Giant amoeba-infecting viruses offer new clues to the origin of eukaryotic life
The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses. Said to have existed since living cells first appeared, these microscopic ...
The human gut is home to trillions of microbes, yet scientific understanding has largely focused on bacteria, leaving the virome—the community of viruses—relatively uncharted. Bacteriophages, which ...
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