Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40
Professor, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology. Age: 40
Researchers analyzing samples from Antarctic subglacial lake confirm they have found unknown bacteria, and claim the microbes come from the lake rather than contaminants.
Researchers have found evidence of microbial life in samples taken from a lake hidden beneath 800 meters of Antarctic ice, but it’s not yet clear how the bacteria survive.
US researchers have brought up liquid water samples from a body of water sealed beneath nearly a kilometer of Antarctic ice.
A US-led team of explorers are ready to start drilling into one remote Antarctic lake, while Russian scientists are about to analyze samples from another.
There's a lot more than dirt to the soil in which plants grow.
Researchers uncover a diverse microbial community living beneath 27 meters of ice in Antarctica’s Lake Vida.
Hopes of finding life on the Red Planet have been deflated after NASA announced that Curiosity has yet to detect notable amounts of methane in the Martian atmosphere.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Mass spec plus novel software equals dynamic views into the chemical lives of microbes.