We share the world with myriad creatures from microbes to plants to other animals, and it's been said that we are all ...

Just because a topical antiseptic is swabbed on the skin doesn't mean it stays on the skin. In a new study, Northwestern ...

Take a typical fish out of the water and it won't live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a ...

Researchers are exploring the prospect of using gut bacteria to boost muscle strength, after zeroing in on a microbe that ...

Kerala’s new ‘state microbe’ and microbiome research hub eye sustainable solutions for health and environment.

Intriguingly, muscle composition also changed: the mice that received the microbes developed thicker muscle fibers a larger ...

(Pascal/Flickr/public domain/CC0 1.0) A specific microbe found in the human gut appears to be able to boost muscle strength, ...

Researchers have found that bacteria isolated from kimchi can bind to plastic particles in the gut and carry them out of the body.

The trillions of microbes living in the human gut are increasingly recognized as important partners in human health.

Scientists are storing backup copies of the bacteria, viruses, archaea, protists, and fungi that keep our planet healthy ...

Wildfire smoke is teeming with them. Researchers have employed them to develop energy-dense biofuels like rocket, marine, and jet fuels. Scientists have engineered rice paddies that interact ...

A quiet but powerful process begins the moment food touches your mouth. Long before your immune system reacts, bacteria in ...