Source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Microbes used for health, agriculture, or other applications must be able to withstand extreme conditions, and ideally, the manufacturing processes used to make tablets for long-term storage. MIT researchers have now developed a new way to make microbes strong enough to withstand these extreme conditions. Their method involves mixing bacteria with … Read more
Ultimately, after years of research, Boston and other scientists revealed that the microbes in Lechuguilla do much more than just spit out a bit of dirt. Lechuguilla is hidden in thick layers of limestone, the fossilized remains of a 250 million year old reef. The many chambers in such caves are usually formed by rainwater … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! by Chris Packham, Phys.org Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move by in the background. Credit: Fabrizio Lavezzi × close to Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move … Read more
Reconstruction of Lokiceratops in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, as two Probrachylophosaurus move by in the background. Credit: Fabrizio Lavezzi What have scientists done this week? Exactly four things, all of which are summarized below. ‘This sweet baby could hold 4.3 million suns’ Supermassive black holes: how do they get so big? This simple … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Image of the soil showing a close-up of a bacterium and the cellular pathways involved in carbon dioxide production. Available substrates from soil organic matter are processed via specific routes with different amounts of carbon dioxide emissions. Credit: Aristilde Lab/Northwestern … Read more