On the other hand, the plot of tilled soil didn’t infiltrate as much water compared to the plot from nature. Cotter said ...

A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...

Scientists have identified a form of bacteria that eats the toxic "forever chemicals" that leach into the water supply by way ...

Using traditional crossbreeding, researchers have created a new strain of rice that produces much less methane, a potent ...

In addition, the characteristics of the community structure and the potential functional composition of soil bacteria and fungi were comparatively analyzed by combining amplicon sequencing and ...

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They’re far from the meal of choice for any bacterium, but some that live in contaminated soil have mutated to break down organic contaminants like PFAS so that they can use their carbon as an energy ...

“State of the Soil: State of the Crop”, which examined the effects of factors, such as bacteria, on food safety and security. His bronze medal was earned for his performance in Level I of the ...

Scientific research reveals that soil is extremely dynamic. It is full of living organisms: insects, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes. In addition to organic matter, minerals and water ...

Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a literary sensation. By Richard Fausset Richard Fausset reported ...