Atmospheric Scientists Identify Cleanest Air on Earth
An atmospheric region in the Southern Ocean unchanged by human-related activities
Microbes
Heat-Friendly Microbes Provide Fast Way to Biodegrade Plastic
Researchers in China aimed to create a strain of the bacteria called Clostridium thermocellum that would degrade PET more efficiently than current industry bio-methods
New Ethane-Munching Microbes Discovered at Hot Vents
Researchers find deep-sea microbes that feed on ethane and grow them in the laboratory, discovering that the mechanism by which they break down ethane is reversible
Acid-Loving Microbe Can Improve Understanding of Past Climate
Research goes to the extremes to record ancient ocean temperatures
New Portable Tool Analyzes Microbes in the Environment
Device could be used to find threats to ecosystems
How Microbes Reflect the Health of Coral Reefs
A comparison of protected and impacted reefs in Cuba and Florida Keys
The Microscopic Workforce
Step into the wonderful world of microbes, where good and bad are just different standpoints
New Microbe Degrades Oil to Gas
Microscopy suggests that the recently discovered microbe Methanoliparia produces methane from crude oil all by themselves
Making Microbes That Transform Greenhouse Gases
New technique uses a human enzyme to convert specific one-carbon materials into more complex compounds commonly used as the building blocks for an endless number of consumer and industrial products
Microbial Manufacturing: Genetic Engineering Breakthrough for Urban Farming
New research of MIT's Research Enterprise in Singapore's IRG, DiSTAP, revolutionizes the creation of genetic material, enabling drastically accelerated development of key microbial factories for urban farming in Singapore