Simons Foundation-backed CBIOMES brings together researchers in oceanography, statistics, data science, ecology, biogeochemistry, and remote sensing.

MIT professor sees many “big, deep questions in biology” that benefit from study by both physicists and life scientists.

Network tracks the evolution of microbial communities in sourdough starter mixtures shared around the world.

Scientists conclude methane-producing microbes date back 3.5 billion years, supporting the hypothesis that they could have contributed to early global warming.

New discovery suggests that all life may share a common design principle.