Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, warming the planet far faster than carbon dioxide over the short term. Yet much of the world’s methane escapes into the air from landfills, farms, ...

Researchers have discovered a microbe that can capture carbon dioxide quickly, and it sinks, essentially sequestering concentrated carbon dioxide. Nicknamed Chonkus, the microbe is a type of ...

Beneficial microbes in the soil of rice paddies could be key allies in a collaborative project to build a circular agricultural economy in the celebrated rice-growing region of Niigata, Japan. By ...

Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society.