NASA’s cleanrooms have “stringent controls such as regulated airflow, temperature management and rigorous cleaning,” said a ...

Disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms has been a major killer throughout history. Our species continued survival has been a source of fascination for people all the way back to prehistory. Over ...

The intricate roles of soil microorganisms in ecological processes such as organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

What makes a human body? According to researchers, human cells tell but half the story. The other half involves the myriad of microorganisms that make up the microbiota — “alien” environments all over ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. When Mariangela Hungria, the winner of the 2025 World Food ...

Microorganisms are well-suited for experimental studies of evolution owing to their rapid generations and large populations, as well as the wealth of molecular and genomic data that are available for ...

A research team led by Nam Ki-taek, a professor at Yonsei University's Medical Life Sciences Department, and Jeong Ha-yeong, ...

There are more than 50,000 different types of microorganisms known to scientists -– and they discover more every year. In a basement laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, two robotocists have ...

Biologists at Indiana University believe we may have only discovered a mere thousandth of a percent of the species on our planet. To put a number on it, that means the 10 million or so species ...