Bacterial prospectors take on the final frontier

Bacteria currently used as catalysts in earthbound mining processes could one day be used to extract critical elements in space...

Electricity from bacteria: the future of clean energy?

Elle Bethune discusses how bacteria can power batteries, and how these can be used for clean energy on Earth and...

Image credit: Kruthika Sundaram One of the greatest challenges limiting our ability to send astronauts on long-haul missions is the...

Credit: Ragesoss via Wikimedia Commons Since the 1940s, we have been abusing antibiotics, using them to treat any infection under...

A research group has discovered that bacteria in remote, isolated regions share some stretches of DNA and are suggesting that...