Tiny Frozen Microbe May Hold Clues To Extraterrestrial Life

Microbes produce fuels directly from biomass
Researchers have developed a microbe that can produce an advanced biofuel fuel directly from biomass. Deploying the tools of synthetic biology, the researchers engineered a strain of E. coli...

Microbe understudies await their turn in the...
On the marine microbial stage, there appears to be a vast, varied group of understudies only too ready to step in when "star" microbes falter. New research provides the first evidence that...

Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle...
An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis.

Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil...
Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life-not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other...

Biomaterials Science, Second Edition: An Introduction...
The second edition of this bestselling title provides the most up-to-date comprehensive review of all aspects of biomaterials science by providing a balanced, insightful approach to learning...