This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three people whose combined discoveries outlined the role of the peripheral immune system—how the immune system knows to attack just foreign ...

A first look into the molecular defenses of archaea highlights the importance of surveying diverse microbes to discover new types of antimicrobials As bacteria become increasingly resistant to ...

A tidy textbook definition of life has never existed, yet most biology lessons still lean on the idea that living things must grow, make energy, and reproduce on their own. That simple checklist ...

HOUSTON — Two new renewable natural gas plants have opened at landfills in Southern Ohio, including one in Waverly. According to an announcement, bp's Archaea Energy and Rumpke Waste & Recycling have ...

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cultivarium, a non-profit bioengineering firm, announced today a three-year project to develop advanced tools for life scientists studying fungi and archaea. With ...

Bioengineering nonprofit Cultivarium is embarking on a three-year journey to develop tools and resources for scientists studying fungi and archaea, backed by $10 million in funding from the ...

Scanning electron micrograph of Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 861 (=PS T), Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 2375 (=ALI), Methanobrevibacter smithii GRAZ-2 and WWM1085. Credit: International Journal of ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

A renewable natural gas plant operator at the Keystone Sanitary Landfill has the green light to drill a nearly 3-mile-deep well in Throop this week as it looks to permanently store carbon dioxide deep ...

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ultrasmall bacterial strain parasitizing archaea and classified the strain ...

DEXTER, Mo. (WSIL) -- Local and industry leaders welcomed a new renewable natural gas plant in Dexter on Wednesday. Archaea Energy (a BP subsidiary) and Republic Services held a ribbon cutting for ...

A plant converting methane from landfill emissions to renewable natural gas has opened in western Schuylkill County and will benefit both local utility customers and the environment, project leaders ...