For more than half a century, some of Earth’s strangest fossils looked like they had washed in from an alien world. Pillow-shaped impressions, quilted fronds and ribbed disks sat in museum drawers, ...

Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society. In a new proof-of-concept ...

It’s not seaweed. They’ve been called the “lungs of the sea.” And while certain marine microbes could also compete for that ...

Cells operate on rules not vibes, including when on the precipice of persisting or perishing. Yet, with prior research ...

Plant virology is a rapidly evolving discipline that has taken on new urgency with the increasing emergence and resurgence of ...

Plants interact with a vast array of microorganisms that shape their growth, nutrient uptake, and defense mechanisms through a complex web of chemical ...