Doctors and scientists at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire are among a team exploring whether environmental toxins may be related to neurodegenerative diseases.They have found ...

Stand back, ordinary ocean-dwelling, oxygen-spewing organisms: There’s a new green, hulkish mutant in town. And hefty UTEX 3222 — dubbed “Chonkus” by the researchers who found it — may have just the ...

Cyanobacteria were long thought to need the sun to survive. But a new study suggests otherwise and hints at fresh ...

Cyanobacteria season is in full swing in New Hampshire. And rising temperatures means those blooms have more of a chance to thrive during a longer cyanobacteria season. Read more about how climate ...

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are naturally found in bodies of fresh water but can release toxins. Contact with cyanobacteria can cause skin irritation, allergic reactions, and ...

Single-cell bacteria, in shallow marine waters, altered the composition of liquid and air – as the planet heaved around them. Their fossils still stand, not far from you.

Multicellular cyanobacteria do something strikingly sophisticated with their DNA, toggling key genes on and off as day turns to night so different cells can specialize without starving the colony of ...

Town officials, in partnership with the Captains Pond Protective Association and the New Hampshire Department of ...

Although cells direct their movements in response to environmental stimuli 1,2, so far no microorganism has been shown to exhibit a tactic response to water, perhaps the most crucial molecule in ...

In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has invested in high-throughput screening systems, genomics and bioinformatic tools, rational design and combinatorial chemistry for the discovery of new ...