A research team has introduced an innovative solution for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). This ...

A research team from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Nanjing ...

The ancient origins of metabolism may be rooted deep in oceanic crust, and these early metabolisms may have persisted in the habitable thermal anoxic aquifer where conditions remain similar to those ...

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Naegleria fowleri is a rare and lethal infection caused by brain-eating amoeba (aka PAM) that thrives in warm freshwater ...

One of the driest places on Earth, featuring unique rock formations, salt flats, and high-altitude geysers, resembling Martian landscapes. A vibrant hot spring known for its rainbow-colored bands ...

The enchanting dunescape stretches over 43 miles (70 km) along the coast and over 30 miles (50 km) inland. Lençois translates as "bedsheets" in Portuguese and refers to the rolling white dunes that ...

A new study analyzes thermophilic microbe communities in two springs in Yellowstone National Park that represent snapshots of the Earth before and after the GOE. This research shows how increased ...

Bioleaching as a low-cost biotechnology offers an alternative to traditional pyrometallurgical methods to extract valuable metals from sulfide minerals (Hedrich et al., 2016; Banerjee et al., 2017; ...