Not all microbes are villains—many are vital to keeping us healthy. Researchers have created a world-first database that ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

Most conversations about breast milk tend to focus on topics like nutrients, antibodies and bonding time rather than bacteria ...

Scientists identify new species of denitrifying endosymbionts in wastewater, highlighting their global prevalence – with an ...

Breast milk contains living bacteria that transfer to babies' guts, helping build healthy digestion and immune systems.

A new study in Nature Communications doubles the number of publicly available metagenomic breast milk samples and shows how ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Antibiotics that escape into the environment are widely recognized as a growing threat to ecosystems, wastewater treatment ...

Peter Atkinson was hospitalized with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be deadly in about 1 in 5 ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

Most conversations about breast milk tend to focus on topics like nutrients, antibodies and bonding time rather than bacteria ...

New research shows that 'hacking' the communication channels between microbes in the mouth could boost levels of beneficial ...