University of East Anglia PhD student Vito Latorre shares his experiences of representing Applied Microbiology International Parliamentary Links Day in Westminster earlier this summer.

Group offers new scenario for how cells came to rely on phosphate molecules to build DNA and store energy

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the surface of rocks that resemble traces of microbial activity

Join us on a whistle stop tour through space and time! Our planet hosts some crazy creatures living in some of the most extreme places, let's dive in and d…

Volcanic ecosystems reveal how ancient CO-oxidizing microbes evolved CODH genes, enabling energy generation and adaptive versatility across diverse extreme

A long undersurface tunnel discovered in old NASA data

Centre for Microbial Interactions – Annual Conference 2026. Registration is free and the deadline to sign up is Wednesday 25th February 2026.

Throughout Earth’s history, organic molecules from both abiogenic and biogenic sources have been buried in sedimentary rocks. Most of these organic...

Eight possible cave openings found on the Martian surface look to have once had ancient streams flowing into them, suggesting they are promising places to look for evidence of life

The first eukaryotes evolved from their archaean ancestors in the early Proterozoic, likely ca. 2000–1800 million years ago (Mya). Their macroscopic multicellular descendants, such as plants, heterok...

Scientific Reports - Experimental diagenesis reveals preservation of biosignatures in filamentous sulfur mats under hydrothermal conditions

Antarctic ice cores provide a unique archive of Earth’s atmosphere and its largest extant ice sheet. The oldest continuous ice core extends back 80...

Image: Archivo Gran Acuífero Maya (GAM)/INAH. Leer en Español Follow @mantarayo Sistema Sac Aktun (white cave) is one of the cave systems that discharge fresh water into the Caribbean Sea. Differen…

Abstract. Subsurface microorganisms face extreme challenges such as anoxic, xeric, and oligotrophic conditions. In igneous systems, nutrient limitation is

Nitrogen fixation occurs under Arctic sea ice and is positively correlated with primary production, according to analyses of transects across the marginal ice zone and in the Central Arctic Ocean.

Astronomers have discovered a ready-to-image super-Earth candidate, named GJ 251c, less than 20 light-years away.

n unusual microbial world in the Hatiba Mons hydrothermal vent fields of the central Red Sea

During the microbial surveillance of the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2018, four Gram-stain positive bacterial strains

The discovery of extraterrestrial reservoirs of liquid water has motivated missions to icy moons Europa and Titan.

The 19th UKPF Early Careers Meeting will take place on Friday 9th January 2026, hosted by the Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck. Registration is now open. Abstract deadline: 31st October.

Phylogenetic and biochemical analyses show a diversity of components of the DNA replication machinery in different Asgard archaea that contributed to the eukaryotic DNA replication machinery.