The warm, damp environments of your showerhead and toothbrush are the perfect breeding ground for microbes, and a new study ...

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

But the world of microbes plays by different rules. In 2020, for example, scientists successfully revived ...

A sealed rock fracture almost 50 feet below ground has remained home to microbes for the last 2 billion years—the oldest life ...

Researchers should aim to accurately map the location and abundance of pathogens, antibiotic-resistant microbes and genes associated with plastispheres, and quantify their influence on climate ...

A scientist’s quest for microbes that produce purple pigments led her to the vibrant world of natural dyes, where biology and ...

The necrobiome, a community of microbes associated with decomposing remains, plays a crucial role in decay. Specific microbes are present during different stages of decomposition, contributing to ...

But Takeyama and her team think either boosting beneficial natural microorganisms or using soil microbes to help create more sustainable fertilizers, could be the secret to maintaining nutrient ...

One potential biomarker for neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism are gut microbes. The connection between the gut and ...

For almost 20 years, she has investigated the links between humans, animals and their shared environments, and the microbes that live inside all of them. Omulo doesn’t study the microbes that ...

T. haligoni, which is named after Halifax, is a type of bacteria known as a diazotroph. It has been identified in Bedford ...

The discovery of microbes that can break down plastics at low temperatures (15°C) could serve as a “valuable resource” in the use of enzymes to degrade and recycle plastics, the scientists say.