Specifically, scientists have worked with “exosomes” — tiny biological mail trucks that stem cells dispatch to tell neighbors ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Today, Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist and a deputy director of the ...

Lucy M. Stitzer is the founder and editor of Dirt-To-Dinner. Its mission is to help consumers better understand how their food is grown and processed, and why this is important to them and their ...

Locals and visitors should not come into contact with waters where there is a visible bloom, the Florida Department of Health ...

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Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, occur worldwide in many varieties, including in single-cell form and in chains called filaments. While these tiny life forms can strongly influence many ...

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia) cautions the public about the presence of harmful blue-green ...

Pink lakes in Western Australia get their color from pigments produced by microbes, but climate change and other human threats are killing these tiny organisms. When you purchase through links on our ...