New degradable sensors could reveal insights into the secret—yet essential—microscopic life in soil. The sensors, which are ...

Beneath every farm field, garden bed, and forest floor, a hidden population dwarfs the roughly eight billion people alive on ...

Well-known microbes that grow on our crops, our gardens, even our skin have been found thriving at two to three times the ...

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney investigated the vast and largely hidden world beneath our feet. Soil is where 59% of all life on Earth resides. A ...

If you are on a farm and scoop up a handful of soil, chances are what you hold in your palm isn’t very healthy. The United Nations estimates that 40% of topsoil worldwide is moderately or severely ...

We share the world with myriad creatures from microbes to plants, and it’s been said that we are all connected. In recent years, scientists have shown just how much of an impact microbes can have on ...

If you think fall is only about sweaters, pumpkin spice, and cozy evenings, think again—because underground, an invisible drama is unfolding. Beneath our feet, billions of microscopic organisms are ...

As global agriculture struggles to feed a growing population, soils are under increasing pressure. Heavy fertilizer use has degraded soil quality, disrupted microbial ecosystems, and increased ...

Bacteria also produce molecules that have an antiviral effect. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) ...

Every grower wants bigger buds. Healthy plants. The kind of trichomes that glisten, with terpene and cannabinoid content that deliver the perfect full-spectrum high. That’s the goal, whether your ...