On average, these little particles could reduce photosynthesis in plants and algae by up to 12 percent, according to the ...

Advances in material science, automation, and recycling are reshaping the industry, reducing waste, and improving ...

Microplastic impacts varied across plant type and location, but average reductions in photosynthesis rates varied between ...

A new paper in PNAS shows that the idea of “taking turns” could help resolve the 1960s paradox of the plankton — and better ...

These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...

Scientists have identified a promising new way to detect life on faraway planets, hinging on worlds that look nothing like ...

Bigelow Laboratory scientists have advanced an exciting method for linking the activity of individual microbes to their ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

Thousands of students walk past the aquarium by Marston Science Library’s third-floor elevators every week. Some worn-out ...

Now a startup called Stardust seeks something more ambitious: developing proprietary geoengineering technology that would ...

A research team has discovered a new lichen genus on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is known as the roof of the ...

Scientists are rethinking how to detect alien life by focusing on planets vastly different from Earth. Instead of searching ...