Researcher Kris Brandvold is hunting down the exact ways that microbes affect our bile and change its function in our body.

The Multi-omics for Microbiomes conference focused on different approaches that let researchers paint better pictures of microbial communities.

Scientists are taking their cues from fungi in the digestive tracts of cows, goats and sheep in the search for new ways to create sustainable fuels and medicines.

Garry Buchko is part of a team that has solved the structures of 1,000 proteins which enable pathogens to live, thrive and infect people.

Working with researchers with Tokyo Tech's World Research Hub Initiative in Japan and Canada, Xantheas will combine laboratory methods with computational explorations to study the biological functions of serotonin and nicotine.

Organic matter found in vast quantities in oxygen-starved floodplains would yield only minimal energy for hungry microorganisms, which spurn the meal, researchers show in a study in Nature Geoscience.

PNNL scientists have developed a system to convert methane into an energy-rich substance that can be used as the basis for biofuels and even feed for cows that create the gas in the first place.

Bo Peng, a Linus Pauling Fellow and molecular sciences researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, was recognized at the Sanibel Symposium with the Löwdin Postdoctoral Associate Award.

Erin Baker was honored today with the 'Rising Star' award at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco.

Scientists have learned more about how molds become cellular factories that can synthesize a range of diverse products.

PNNL scientists recently gave a crash course on soil to young children at a local elementary school, dishing up the dirt on soil.