The Nov. 15 briefing also covered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' role in Asheville, rental assistance and more.

Now researchers have linked chronic diarrhea to a specific pattern of gut bacteria, a discovery that could pave the way for new treatments capable of saving ...

A bobcat, with its characteristic reddish fur and black markings, trots across a snow-covered field in central Oregon, in the ...

Probiotics, like lactic acid bacteria, are non-pathogenic microbes that exert health benefits to the host when administered in adequate quantity. Currently, research is being conducted on the ...

“You need enough vegetative growth to capture all the available ... For soybeans to produce their own nitrogen, rhizobia bacteria must be present in the soil. “Fields void of soybeans for ...

Here the authors discover a new clade of bacteria with uniquely streamlined genomes in the tissue of a deep-sea coral that provide insights into the genome reduction of symbionts.

November brings with it Thanksgiving and an annual feast which usually includes sweet potatoes in one form or another. Accordingly, it is an opportune time to learn a bit more about this important ...

Paronychia is a type of nail infection, most commonly caused by the bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus, which affects the skin around the nail (called nail folds). It can also occur as a result of ...

Spectroradiometers were also used to acquire visible, near infrared, and shortwave infrared spectra, delivering detailed ...

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