For decades, scientists believed that nearly all oxygen on Earth is produced through photosynthesis — a process driven by sunlight and carried out by plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. According to ...

Cyanobacteria, as they still exist today, were the first organisms to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen. Produced in primeval oceans about 2.5 billion years ago, this oxygen accumulated in ...

Many governments and businesses worldwide have been trying to devise effective initiatives aimed at mitigating climate change and global warming. So far, their primary focus has been to reduce the ...

Scientists have found a way to use common bacteria as tiny, green chemical factories to replace a process that currently ...

Images: Carolin Dreher, Jeremiah Shuster Scanning electron microscope images of the spherical cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp.

Cottrell teacher-scholar award winner Meaghan Deegan balances cutting-edge research in synthetic compound stabilization with ...

University of Tübingen researchers investigate how O2-producing cyanobacteria survived toxic iron compounds to flourish and multiply ...

Times reporters visiting Tapalpa found a serene town in shock after Sunday’s raid on its outskirts left dozens dead and ...

A newly developed battery-powered gel could mark a major breakthrough in preventing amputations caused by chronic diabetic ...

The discovery of bright yet stable pigments is vanishingly rare, making them hugely valuable. Now chemist Mas Subramanian is unpicking the atomic code of colour and homing in on our most-wanted hue ...

At the beginning of February, the water level in the Baltic Sea dropped sharply. Experts tell Euronews it is a result of climate change. View on euronews ...

Do quiet farts smell worse than loud ones? Doctors explain why flatulence happens, what causes gas to smell, and whether the silent-but-deadly phenomenon is real.