Who and what would we be without the trillions of microorganisms living in us and on us?
This illustration shows the body sites that will be sampled from volunteers for the Human Microbiome Project. Courtesy NIH Medical Arts and Printing
According to a growing body of new research investigating the...
Jan
02
Few people give the human appendix much respect. It is seen as a curiously inactive and useless part of our anatomy, and we rarely give it much thought unless something is wrong with it—at which point it is promptly removed, and we go on with life as normal, bearing no indication that entire...
Sep
10
The microscopic life in an Italian Lake (Lago di Candia).
Algae and Protozoa are a vital part of the aquatic ecosystem, providing food and shelter for other organisms. As a major part of the world’s biodiversity, they contain a vast array of different biochemistries, morphologies and life...
Sep
07
The microscopic community found in almost every aquatic habitat contains dozens of species. This diversity includes bacteria, algae and small metazoa. Some typical representatives have been filmed in this video.
Sep
07
Featured in this clip from WNBC New York Channel 4 News, a microscopic organism is slowly choking some vital waterways on Long Island’s South Shore.
Stony Brook University researcher Dr. Christopher Gobler says brown tide has an edge over rival microscopic organisms because its genes allow it...
Sep
07
