Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple microorganism took the first steps toward complex life. From this ancestor emerged ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell - from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell division - scientists have opened a new frontier of computer vision into ...

The American Academy of Microbiology, the honorific leadership group and scientific think tank of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), announced today the release of its landmark report, ...

Mapping the hidden world: Discover how this groundbreaking catalog of nearly one billion small proteins is set to transform our understanding of microbial life. In a recent study published in the ...

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 ...

Climate change and the depletion of fossil fuels have raised the global need for sustainable chemical production. In response to these environmental challenges, microbial cell factories are gaining ...

The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: what if the same thing happened on Mars? If it did, how would we prove it? Scientists hoping to identify ...

Car headlights illuminate the steam plume from Excelsior Geyser at Yellowstone. Image by Neal Herbert, National Park Service, CC3.0. Car headlights illuminate the steam plume from Excelsior Geyser at ...