Defense systems found in all complex life, including the human body, came from primeval microbes known as 'Asgards.' ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

Microbes that emerged billions of years ago may have made our immune systems what they are today. New research from the University of Texas (UT) suggests complex organisms like ourselves may not have ...

Microbiologists have shown this for the very first time in a specific group of parasitic microbes, so-called DPANN archea. Their study shows that these archaea are very 'picky eaters', which might ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

Methane-producing archaea, so-called methanogens, are a particularly exciting research area: They produce methane from simple substrates such as hydrogen and CO₂ and thus significantly ...

BP plc BP-owned company Archaea Energy announced the launch of its first Archaea Modular Design (AMD) Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) plant in Medora, IN. Strategically located next to a landfill ...