A team of researchers discover viruses impact the genetic coding of purple (PSB) and green (GSB) sulfur bacteria. Billions of years ago, Earth was a different place. Intense volcanism, meteorite ...

Bioplastics from natural polymers could replace petroleum-based plastics, helping us keep nonbiodegradable plastics out of landfills and waterways. But there’s a problem: The most promising ...

When I first heard Paul Brehm [then at Tufts University] mention green fluorescent protein at a seminar in the late 1980s, I got excited; I knew it had the potential to be an expression marker. I ...

Microplastics are tiny, plastic fragments—many too small to see—found in the air, soil and water. Measuring their abundance in nature can direct cleanup resources, but current detection methods are ...

Cyanobacteria are little green microorganisms that photosynthesize, like plants and algae do, but with stark differences in how they function. "I prefer to say that they are tiny green bacteria that ...