
NASA scientists identify unknown microbes aboard International Space Station
A groundbreaking experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) has identified unknown microbes in space....

Remarkable bacteria survives extremely harsh conditions by eating nothing but air
Scientists have discovered a strange new bacteria in the Antarctic that can survive the planet's most extreme conditions...

University of Queensland scientists uncover an 'explosion' of new life forms
The Tree of Life just got bigger. University of Queensland scientists found thousands of organisms that don't fit...

New handrail sterilizer claims to wipe out 99.9% of germs on escalators
There's no worse feeling than sliding your hand along an escalator or Subway rail and realizing the number of germs...

Ancient microbes survive inside massive cave crystals for 50,000 years
Scientists have found strange, ancient microbes in Mexico's Naica crystal caves that could be around 50,000 years...

Beautiful, odorless tabletop ecosystem is powered with food waste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS57-hFcV8s According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), around...

Methane-Producing Bacteria May Have Caused Earth's Largest Mass Extinction
Scientists have identified five mass extinctions over the course of the Earth's history. While many are familiar...

Brown University Identifies Hungry Microbe That Could be Key to Turning Biomass Into Biofuel
The quick rise and depressing downward spiral of the ethanol industry proved that using food to make biofuel is...

Audi's E-Fuel is a Carbon Neutral Way to Power Cars That Acts Like Gasoline
Do you feel a twinge of guilt every time you fill your tank with dirty gasoline? What if you could power your car...

Yale Students Discover Rare Plastic-Eating Fungus in the Ecuadorian Rainforest
Plastics represent one of the biggest waste problems in the world because they take a really, really long time...

Scientists Say Hungry Microbes Ate Giant BP Gulf Oil Plume
Microbes "eating" oil. Source: Reuters/Yahoo!Green Recently, we reported on evidence of a precarious Manhattan-sized...