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Extreme Engineering – Unlocking Design Secrets of Deep-sea Microbes

by Keith Cowing

The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon — a member of what’s known as the third domain of life — and an extremophile. It lives in deep-sea thermal vents, at […]

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Navigating Life In The Extremes: A Bibliometric Exploration Of Extremophiles And Astrobiology

by Keith Cowing

Bibliometric analysis reveals significant research trends and highlights collaborations among institutions and countries within extremophiles and astrobiology.

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Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Fields Off The Island Of Milos

by Keith Cowing

The study identifies three major vent areas — Aghia Kiriaki, Paleochori–Thiorychia, and Vani — all located along active fault zones that run across the Milos shelf.

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A Geothermal Amoeba Sets A New Upper Temperature Limit For Eukaryotes

by Keith Cowing

The study of temperature limits has transformed our knowledge of the boundaries of life but has been largely focused on bacteria and archaea. We isolated a novel geothermal amoeba, Incendiamoeba […]

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The Role Of Extremophile Microbiomes In Terraforming Mars

by Keith Cowing

Terraforming Mars toward sustainable life-supporting ecosystems poses unprecedented challenges. Extremophilic microbes, which thrive in Earth’s most extreme environments, offer promising biological strategies for initial Mars colonization providing tools for resource […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Antarctic Field Report: Preview: 2026 Lake Untersee Field Season

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen will be back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee from early January through the end of February 2026 for another field season of research, leading an […]

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Genome Sequence And Methylome Of The Extremely Halophilic Bacterium Salinibacter Ruber Strain M31T Isolated From A Crystallizer Pond In Mallorca, Spain

by Keith Cowing

Salinibacter ruber strain M31T, an extremely halophilic bacterium, was isolated from a saltern crystallizer pond in Spain. Single-molecule real-time sequencing revealed a 3.6-Mbp genome with a single 3.55-Mbp circular chromosome […]

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Subzero Cell Division, Respiration, And Genomic Traits Of Cryophilic Arthrobacter agilis Ant-EH-1 Isolated From Cold-arid Antarctic Mineral Soils

by Keith Cowing

Arthrobacter are commonly isolated from cold soil environments globally, including those that regularly reach sub-freezing temperatures, suggesting that Arthrobacter have significant potential for growth and activity under temperature and stress […]

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International Research Team Discovers A Potential Source Of Abiotic Methane In The Arctic Ocean

by Keith Cowing

An international team of scientists and students, led by the Arctic University of Norway, and including chemists and engineers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has announced a remarkable discovery […]

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