A little-known microbe in your gut produces methane and may help your body extract more calories from food, according to a study led b. Deep inside your gut lives a vast community of microbes, and ...

Norwegian scientists have engineered a process using specialized bacteria to convert industrial waste gases, carbon dioxide and hydrogen, into nearly ...

Increased warming in high-latitude wetlands seems poised to increase the activity of methanogens, or methane-producing ...

Norwegian researchers used thin layers of microbes in a reactor to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into pipeline grade ...

ArkeaBio—a startup developing a vaccine to cut livestock methane emissions—has announced the first close of a Series A+ round at $7 million and brought in Frank Wooten, cofounder of virtual fencing ...

A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life forms make to our climate system, and how we can work with them to address ...

Seaweed washing onto sandy shores does more than rot. A new study found that it fuels oxygen-tolerant microorganisms that pump methane into the air, overturning a long-held scientific assumption about ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The poor things can’t help it, but cows are really gassy, and that’s really bad for the planet: Microbes in ...

This study marks a significant step forward in the search for extraterrestrial life Could Mars, once a warm and wet world, still harbour life? A team of scientists led by Andrea Butturini believes so.

It’s one small step for man, one potential giant leap for Martiankind. Scientists have identified a region on Mars that could support living organisms, potentially bringing us a step closer to ...

Edited by Douglas C. Rees, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, and approved October 27, 2015 (received for review May 27, 2015) Proposed pathway of carbide insertion. Carbide ...