Microbes on Tenu Tech Brief https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/microbes/ Recent content in Microbes on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:43:08 +0000 How long could Earth microbes live on Mars? https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/how-long-could-earth-microbes-live-on-mars/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:20:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 Why do microbes team up? A new model explains nutrient sharing in fluctuating environments https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/why-do-microbes-team-up-a-new-model-explains-nutrient-sharing-in-fluctuating-environments/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:50:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/large-dogs-release-two-to-four-times-more-airborne-microbes-than-humans/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:40:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ancient-microbes-may-have-used-oxygen-500-million-years-before-it-filled-earths-atmosphere/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:50:31 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/ancient-microbes-may-have-used-oxygen-500-million-years-before-it-filled-earths-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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/researchers-measure-puijo-lichens-and-microbes-for-canopy-nitrous-oxide-uptake/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:20:03 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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