Scientists have discovered that substances made by Arctic Ocean microbes called actinobacteria can stop harmful bacteria from growing and prevent them from causing disease. Around 70% of existing ...

Thawing permafrost can lead to the mobilization of contaminants, affecting drinking water quality and food safety in Arctic ...

YEKATERINBURG, November 21. /TASS/. Russian researchers have discovered that some bacteria from ancient Arctic permafrost can survive even up to 20 million years in an inactive state under ...

TASS/. Scientists at the Siberian Federal University proved bioplastics may be used in sub-Arctic latitudes without harming the environment, as soil bacteria can decompose bioplastics membranes.

The Arctic winter is cold and dark everywhere ... Yet in these inhospitable conditions, some marine bacteria have found a surprising way to eke out an existence. Heterotrophic bacteria, which normally ...

Eighteen years ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued a rallying cry for Canadians. “Canada has a choice when it comes to defending our sovereignty over the Arctic,” he said on the shores ...

Colonies of enterococci on a Petri dish. One in a million of the bacteria in this dish will have the blueprints for antimicrobial resistance hidden in their genes. Credit must be given to the creator.