EAPS scientists find an alternative explanation for mineral evidence thought to signal the presence of oxygen prior to the Great Oxidation Event.

Chemical engineers program bacteria to switch between different metabolic pathways, boosting their yield of desirable products.

Conventional culture-based lab tests may misdiagnose as many as half of the microbial causes of diarrhea diseases in children

A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes.

The Summons Lab compares lipids from Antarctic microbial communities to century-old samples.

MIT researchers demonstrate how often-ignored microbial interactions have a significant impact on the biodegradation of complex materials.

MIT and University of Colorado researchers are collaborating on an experiment to be sent to the International Space Station.

Scooping the guts out of bacteria and refilling the exoskeletons with an expansive fluid reveals if whether a microbe is structurally strong or weak.

Engineered signaling pathways could offer a new way to build synthetic biology circuits.

Specialized sugar molecules called glycans can disarm opportunistic pathogens and prevent infection.