"Like any good animal, we sense the change of seasons through a hundred subtle clues. Leaves change and shed, becoming crispy ...

Research shows that early exposure to everyday environmental microbes, through outdoor play, pets, and natural surroundings, helps train children’s immune systems and may lower the risk of allergies ...

Across Uganda’s farmlands, there is a quiet struggle unfolding beneath farmers’ feet. As pressure to produce more food grows with a rising population, fertilisers have become central to the quest for ...

The event, which has been running for 52 years, seeks to educate area beef producers on relevant disease treatments, production methods and market analysis.

Shukla's research did not originate from experiments conducted on ISS, but from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the ...

The research, led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has been published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.

Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space ...

A toxic chemical long considered hostile to life on Mars, may not be an obstacle to building on the Red Planet after all. Instead, it could.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have investigated how bacteria that can mould Martian soil into brick-like structures fare in the presence of perchlorate, a toxic ...

Organic gardeners recommend using worm castings as a fantastic, non-toxic fertilizer that can boost soil health and help you ...

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...

Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to ...