Harnessing these protective molecules may offer a new way to treat the disease, which spreads through contaminated water.

Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis.

With only a little information, researchers can predict the circumstances under which an ecosystem will be stable or unstable.

Swirling waters replenish nutrients in open ocean, a new study finds, and could mitigate some climate change effects.

Developed by the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, the assay can provide new details about the type of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in a community.

The peptide is used by legumes to control nitrogen-fixing bacteria; it may also offer leads for treating patients with too much heme in their blood.

Researchers reveal how an algae-eating bacterium solves an environmental engineering challenge.

The anomaly-detection model developed by SMART utilizes machine learning to detect microbial contamination within a few minutes.

A study shows that yeast, an abundant waste product from breweries, can filter out even trace amounts of lead.

Harnessing the strength of these specialized sugar molecules could help researchers develop new antifungal drugs.