Biologists at Ural Federal University (UrFU) have discovered new strains of bacteria that will allow wheat to be grown even ...

Soil dryness from drought can increase the amount of natural antibiotics and promote the growth of antibiotic-resistant ...

Plowing, or tilling, is an age-old agricultural practice that readies the soil for planting by turning over the top layer to ...

The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire ...

Ecologists have measured plant-soil feedbacks for six perennial prairie grass species in a short-term greenhouse study, and say their findings do not match outcomes observed in long-term experiment ...

If all goes according to plan, soil from Prosser, Washington, could end up in space this week. The soil – and eight types of bacteria in the soil – will hitch a ride to the International Space Station ...

After stumbling upon thousands of Mason jars filled with soil in a University of Illinois barn, some of them over 100 years old, Andrew Margenot knew he had found something special. As a soil ...