microbes
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The researchers reported increases in microbes and metabolic signals associated with improved body composition and fat loss.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
This finding suggests that the earliest blood cells may have resembled macrophages, which are immune cells that engulf harmful microbes and cellular debris.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
The effort, backed by federal and state grants, helped draw BioVerde, which uses microbes to produce chemicals needed for rubber and plastic products.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
He cites the 2024 finding on Mars by the Perseverance rover of “a biosignature of heavy-metal reduction by alien microbes, possibly the most incredible discovery of the century.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Perhaps there are many other planets that today have abundant microbes but no big beasts and vegetables.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
