A researcher's keen eye and spirit of curiosity led to the discovery of a new method for cell engineering—a finding that opens doors to more sustainable sources for everything from fuel to vitamin ...
Just off San Diego’s shore, single-celled algae called dinoflagellates start to reproduce and if disturbed, a chemical reaction within the cell creates a tiny spark of light. When the conditions are ...
Ancient fossils show how much warming tropical oceans can handle before plankton collapse, offering clues about future ...
This article originally appeared on Undark. As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown ...
A team of researchers including Department of Marine Sciences Professor Senjie Lin have for the first time sequenced the genome of Halimeda opuntia, and they found several surprising details about ...
They were said to come from outer space, and there were even claims that they were actually bacteria and that they undermined the very definition of viruses. Giant viruses, nicknamed “giruses,” ...