Rich life emerges from nature's freezer
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Tiny channels in the Arctic ice support creatures that play a crucial role in climate-affected ecosystems.
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The natural world was the focus of much nanotechnology and energy research. Robots, meanwhile, were learning to mimic crabs and bees.
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Lake Vostok, an Antarctic freshwater lake buried by 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) of ice, may host a diverse community of microbial life-forms, scientists say.
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Palm trees in Canada? No ice anywhere? The future could look like Earth's hottest ancient epoch, says a new study of carbon dioxide levels.
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NEW YORK  - Deep-freezing embryos has been  routine for some time, to give infertile couples reproduction  choices in various situations, but freezing unfertilized eggs  has proven difficult.
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They produce as much organic carbon as all the rainforests on Earth, but they&#39;re not plants. They live in hard shells and can survive for months in the dark, but they&#39;re not animals.
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Finding could trigger recalculation of Earth's energy balance and help feed astronautsScientists have long assumed that fungi exist mainly to decompose matter into chemicals that other organisms can then use.
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Science & environment: Environmental and social impact of producing the crops may be greater than originally thought
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Scientists find water on a distant planet. Someday, maybe they'll find life
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New, detailed photographs show evidence of subterranean streams of liquid that once flowed long enough that they could have sustained simple forms of life, researchers say.
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Nifty Icebergs, released by global warming from the icy embrace of Antarctica, have surprised scientists by playing host to many forms of life.â¦
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Low maintenance topiaries in a menagerie of shapes can satisfy that urge to plant.
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A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab.
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While some scientists try to build nano machines from scratch, others are discovering uses for single-celled organisms that are already available. By Monya Baker from Wired magazine.
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Researchers at a national science laboratory in south-central Washington have found a way to achieve in days what takes Mother Nature millions of years &#151; converting wood to mineral.
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Sea spiders, tiny "shrimp," and giant barnacles are among the potential new species discovered where a vast ice shelf used to be.
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Biotech company buys itself a bigger future.