How fossil fuels contribute to climate change is now well understood: the burning of hydrocarbons releases carbon dioxide (CO 2), which accumulates in the atmosphere to cause global warming. The ...

When we think of bacteria (and other microorganisms) most of us think of them as "germs" that cause diseases. Even medical research until recent years focused on microbes that cause disease and didn't ...

Researchers have discovered a microbe that can capture carbon dioxide quickly, and it sinks, essentially sequestering concentrated carbon dioxide. Nicknamed Chonkus, the microbe is a type of ...

A CU Boulder-led study of sunflowers shows that their genes relate to the abundance of bacteria associated with resistance against one of the pathogens that causes white mold Sunflowers aren’t just ...

The current climate change crisis is the result of carbon deposits that have taken many millions of years to build up being suddenly released into the atmosphere over the space of a few decades. But ...

The enslavement and death of countless millions of workers may result from a newly discovered method of producing glycerine (currently produced as a byproduct of soap manufacture). Whether the process ...

Antibiotic resistance, when infection-causing bacteria evolve so they are no longer affected by typical antibiotics, is a global concern. New research has mapped the evolution and process of natural ...