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

ETH researchers discovered related structures in Asgard archaea and describe their structure. These experiments show that ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

In 2015, researchers examining deep-sea sediments near the underwater volcano Loki discovered gene fragments indicating a new ...

Indeed, archaea and bacteria appear very similar biologically (members of both groups consist of tiny cells without much internal structure) and different from eukaryotes. However, until ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

Hocher sifted through over 18,000 bacterial genomes using shorter histone-related proteins from archaea as references ... a bacterium that preys upon other bacteria. The team thought it might be a ...

Much of the nitrous oxide entering the atmosphere from the oceans could be formed by a previously unknown inorganic route.