Microbiomes, the communities of microorganisms that live in and around us, play a vital role in everything from human health to soil fertility and climate regulation. But studying these tiny life ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - March 31, 2025 – Isaac Okyere, a Ph.D. student at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has been selected to join the 2025 cohort of National Microbiome Data ...

Some make you sick, while others help keep you healthy. But microbes' influence stretches far beyond human bodies. These astonishingly complex organisms regulate the health of forests, oceans and ...

Urban trees are essential to the health of cities and their residents: they cool neighborhoods, filter pollution from the air, support biodiversity, and improve human well-being. But these benefits ...

Just like any living organism, the soil has its own metabolism. Plants, worms, insects, and most importantly, microorganisms in the soil, break down organic matter, consume and generate nutrients, and ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released a new report that proposes a research strategy to advance understanding of the interactions between environmental chemicals ...

In the largest study of its kind, EMBL scientists reveal that certain microbes can thrive across different ecosystems, contributing to the global ...

Parkinson's disease is a progressive and common neurodegenerative condition, typically characterized by involuntary shaking, stiffness, and slow movement. Beyond these motor symptoms, individuals ...

In a new study published in Cell, scientists in the Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg reveal that microbes living in similar ...

Research from a team with Professor Madhav Mani, ESAM PhD graduate and former Northwestern postdoctoral researcher Siqi Liu, and UChicago scientists shows how environmental changes lead to predictable ...