It is an enzyme in cyanobacteria, known as citrate synthase ... seems completely coincidental — a serendipitous byproduct of ...

In volcanic ocean vents off the coast of Italy, researchers have discovered a new strain of cyanobacteria that could pack a ...

Schubert, a microbiologist who was interested in building tools for directed evolution of bacteria and their genomes, ...

Learn more about a time period marked by an intense burst of evolution. 3 min read The ... thanks to emissions from photosynthesizing cyanobacteria and algae, were at levels needed to fuel the ...

The discovery connects cyanobacteria to a plethora of much more complex organisms with seasonal rhythms, and it indicates that anticipating seasons may have emerged early in life’s evolution. It may ...

Photosynthesis has fueled life on Earth for billions of years. Learn how it shapes ecosystems, sustains life, and even aids ...

An international team of scientists (including experts from Harvard University) have described a carbon dioxide-hungry algae ...

which remain similar to the cyanobacteria of 3 million years ago. However, the evolution of photosynthesis goes back even further, to the earliest cells that evolved the ability to capture light ...

A novel strain of cyanobacteria isolated from volcanic ocean vents that grows rapidly in the presence of carbon dioxide and ...

Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Researchers have discovered a special strain of marine cyanobacteria that consume and store carbon dioxide at a rapid rate. With a unique density that ...

These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet' UConn Department of ...

And the fact that cyanobacteria directly harvest carbon ... harnessing billions of years of evolution is a significant leg up in humanity’s urgent need to mitigate and reverse climate change ...