So why do so many life-forms breathe oxygen? There are probably thousands of kinds of metabolisms, or chemical processes that ...

Erwin Schrödinger, a theoretical physicist steeped in the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the Upanishads, delivered a series ...

Scientists in Basel revealed that energy-producing proteins in mitochondria form large supercomplexes, boosting ATP ...

Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held ...

Scientists at Goethe University uncover how the oldest enzyme in cellular respiration functions – opening the door to ...

Ancient microbes illustrate a particular kind of respiration in which carbon dioxide and hydrogen are combined to form acetic acid.

According to a predictive model, the microalgae present in peat bogs could offset up to 14% of future CO2 emissions, thanks to their photosynthetic activity. This conclusion was reached by basing the ...

According to a predictive model developed by a CNRS researcher and his European colleagues, the microalgae present in peat bogs could offset up to 14% of future CO2 emissions, thanks to their ...

Respiration: Exchange gases ... Genetically modified organisms-Bt crops; Transgenic Animals; Biosafety issues-Biopiracy and patents. • Organisms and environmentPopulation interactions-mutualism ...

THE respiratory activity of the micro-organisms in samples of soil, determined by estimating the evolution of carbon dioxide, has long been considered by soil microbiologists to be related to soil ...