Ancient volcanic rock from South Africa has been found to harbour primitive bacteria, which may shed light on some of the ...

Most animals (excluding the seemingly immortal among us) are defined by relatively short lifespans. While we might live “long ...

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Pathogenic viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive on plastic. The biohazard risks of this ‘plastisphere’ shouldn’t ...

Milton displaced people and wildlife like alligators. But "it's not a monster movie out there," and there are other reasons ...

And yet a controversial new concept is emerging that claims gut bacteria are an invisible hand altering our brains. Science is piecing together how the trillions of microbes that live on and in ...

"You step on a nail, slice your leg, you get an open wound and the bacteria gets in,” said an infectious disease expert.

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model ...

New Stanford-led research unveils a hidden factor that could change our understanding of how oceans mitigate climate change.

To survive sepsis, you need great medical care, in a hospital staffed with clinicians who know how to get you the right treatments in a timely manner.

A study by ETH Zurich explores how bacteria can establish endosymbiotic relationships with fungi. Researchers injected E. coli and Mycetohabitans into the fungus Rhizopus microsporus, finding that ...

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model bacterium E. coli, there are numerous curved and even spiral-shaped bacteria.