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Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health ...

Every year, millions of people are diagnosed with cancer globally; however, current treatments are limited by disease complexity. A study published in the open-access journal in PLOS Biology by Tianyu ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health says exposure to contaminated waters "may increase the risk of illness" ...

Lynette Abbott continues her discussion on soil health by examining the effects of fertilisers on soil organisms ...

Scientists studying stranded pygmy sperm whales have uncovered three previously unknown genotypes of Helicobacter bacteria ...

Microbial bioelectronic sensors use living bacteria that can create an electrical signal in response to the presence of a ...

Scientists have engineered a common probiotic bacterium to act like a microscopic drug factory that hunts down tumors and delivers cancer-killing compounds directly where they’re needed. Credit: ...

Scientists at MIT have discovered that a little-known protein called intelectin-2 plays a powerful double role in defending ...

MIT researchers have identified how communities of ocean bacteria cooperate to decompose biodegradable plastics, a finding that could reshape how scientists and manufacturers think about the fate of ...

A sea turtle had beachgoers scratching their heads after washing up in Texas, looking as if it were covered in green fur.