Joseph ShavitFeb 21, 2022The surprising reason your kitchen sponge is so disgustingResearchers discovered that your kitchen sponge is a better incubator for diverse bacterial communities than a laboratory Petri dish.
Joseph ShavitJan 31, 2022Microbes offer a glimpse into the future of climate changeMicrobes play an important role in climate because they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when they eat.
Joseph ShavitJan 18, 2022Global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and microbes on EarthA global effort to map the genomes of all plants, animals, fungi and other microbial life on Earth, is entering a new phase.
Joseph ShavitDec 15, 2021Bugs and microbes around the world are evolving to eat plastic, study findsThe number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution.