Scientists uncover a basic principle that shows how higher nutrient levels change the pace of cell growth, revealing a universal rule that applies to microbial growth. A research group that includes a ...

Forty thousand years after they were locked into Arctic ground, ancient microbes from Alaskan permafrost have stirred back to ...

This cool discovery in the ruins of Chernobyl is now helping to understand how life on Earth copes with radiation, and how ...

New evidence from rocks, molecules and machine learning is forcing scientists to redraw the opening chapters of Earth’s story ...

This remarkable “resurrection” plant can dry out almost completely, lie dormant for years, only to return to life within ...

A recent study suggested that concentration of peptidoglycan seems to increase in periods of sleep deprivation. This is a sign that the gut microbiota might play a role in sleep quality.

On the universal curve, performance climbs steadily as organisms warm until they reach an optimal temperature where activity ...

Shrubs that are marginal in our area (i.e. crepe myrtle, fig) may be killed to the ground, or completely dead. Other shrubs that are known to be pretty winter hardy may also be killed back. Leave them ...