The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

Aude Bernheim is a microbiologist studying how bacteria defend against viruses. She earned her PhD at the Pasteur Institute ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

Some bacteria deploy tiny spearguns to retaliate against rival attacks. Researchers at the University of Basel have mimicked ...

In a groundbreaking study, a group of Chinese scientists unveiled the survival mechanisms of mysterious life in the ...

Cornell University researchers have discovered a new mechanism these genes use to survive and propagate in bacteria with ...

Some Pseudomonas species use specialized microscopic membrane devices to fight back against competing bacteria.

Researchers descended more than 35,700 feet (10,900 meters) below sea level to collect biological samples that revealed ...

Relying on China's self-developed human occupied vehicle (HOV) Fendouzhe, Chinese scientists have completed an exploration of ...

Chinese scientists are mapping the deepest marine ecosystem, uncovering the secrets of life on the ocean floor, Azernews ...