How long could Earth microbes live on Mars?
• Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rovers • However, there remains a
Microbes
Why do microbes team up? A new model explains nutrient sharing in fluctuating environments
• Depending on others for something you need may feel like a risky proposition-and perhaps a human one. • It is actually a survival strategy found in the microbial world, and far m
Large dogs release two to four times more airborne microbes than humans
• Unseen but all around us, the air we breathe in enclosed spaces is crucial to our health and well-being. • Indoor air is not simply outdoor air that has been run through a filter
Ancient microbes may have used oxygen 500 million years before it filled Earth's atmosphere
• Oxygen became stable in atmosphere ~2.3 billion years ago during Great Oxidation Event. • MIT study shows aerobic respiration enzyme evolved hundreds of millions of years earlier
Researchers measure Puijo lichens and microbes for canopy nitrous oxide uptake
• The role of soil and forests in greenhouse gas sequestration has been studied for a long time. • However, forests are also home to invisible organisms that may affect the climate