Introducing forest soil on an entryway doormat shifted the indoor microbiome of Finnish homes closer to bacterial profiles ...

Back away from the broom. New research suggests that bringing more grime into your home might actually help your kids’ asthma ...

Soil microbiomes play a crucial role in carbon sequestration, significantly impacting the global carbon cycle. The activity of microorganisms helps to capture and store carbon in soil, reducing ...

URBANA, Ill. – The soil microbiome is critical for the ecosystem, and agricultural practices that promote microbial diversity can support plant health and help protect against pests. But it is unclear ...

In the past few years, about a handful of companies have emerged with tests to measure a soil microbiome of fields, give a biodiversity index and help farmers understand the effects of inputs on soil ...

Walk into any grow room, and it is easy to be drawn to the topic of lights, systems, nutrients, or genetics. But say the word microbiome, and suddenly the conversation shifts into big words and a bit ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 16, 2025) Through a literature review and data analysis of almost 2,000 soil samples, the authors of a recent study find negative effects on the presence of ...

A collaboration between scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Greifswald in Germany has uncovered a powerful new way volcanoes give life to the Earth: ...