Giant viruses found on Greenland ice sheet
Every spring when the sun rises in the Arctic after months of darkness, life returns. The polar bears pop up from their winter lairs, the arctic tern soar back from…
Giant viruses infect deadly parasite
The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University…
Ammonia for fertilizers without the giant carbon footprint
The production of ammonia for fertilisers — which has one of the largest carbon footprints among industrial processes — will soon be possible on farms using low-cost, low-energy and environmentally…