For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki Bhaya says we should be studying them in community. Here's why.Help shape ...

Microbiologists have long known that bacteria come in a diversity of shapes and shades, and scientist-artists have been harnessing colorful bacteria to create works of art since at least the 1920s.

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s Community of Microbes: a celebration of color and science ‘There’s opportunity for people to see the wonder in science.’ ...

Previous investigations of the microbe had suggested that its vivid color is due to carotenoids, the same antioxidant molecules that make carrots orange. Science News headlines, in your inbox.

An international team of researchers present a color catalog of microorganisms which thrive in icy environments on Earth. The database could be used to recognize signs of microbial life on frozen ...

A new study in the July 18 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine shows that gold-colored bacteria are more harmful than their unpigmented relatives. A group of scientists led by Victor ...

A team from the University of Cambridge and a Dutch company called Hoekmine BV has outlined how we might one day grow new organic paints and coatings out of vibrantly-colored bacteria colonies.

Fieldstone’s technology emerged from that question. The startup was founded in 2023 after spinning out of MIT, where professor Chris Voigt’s lab had developed a way to turn microbes into sensors.

A UK start-up is producing dyes made by bacteria and yeast rather than fossil fuel-derived chemicals, which could help clothes manufacturers cut energy use and pollution ...