We all know Earth is special, but we may not fully appreciate how good we have it on this planet. Unlike its planetary neighbors, Earth has remained habitable for billions of years thanks to a ...

Balazs says that the result is “a material that can take in a chemical and turn it into mechanical work, like eating a ...

Microbiologists discover bacteria that eliminate toxic sulfide and use iron minerals to grow. An international group of researchers led by microbiologists Marc Mussmann and Alexander Loy at the ...

Iron isotope fractionation has emerged as a critical tracer for deciphering the complex biogeochemical cycling of iron in soils. This process, whereby natural variations in the relative abundance of ...

The tiny bits of plastic that wear off bottles, plastic bags, automotive parts and even cosmetics get into the soil and the water supply. They disrupt chemical cycles, throw off ecosystem health and ...