Microbes lifted to space can mutate, and these mutations may be beneficial to humans on Earth. Researchers from the ...

In the weightlessness of space, bacteria acquired mutations in genes involved in the microbe's stress response and nutrient ...

Ancient DNA from a Colombian hunter-gatherer reveals a 5,500-year-old infection, rewriting what we know about syphilis and ...

Space-based experiments show that microgravity-induced mutations in bacteriophages may improve their ability to target ...

Far from Earth's gravitational pull, a simple viral infection took on a new evolutionary direction. A study conducted aboard the ISS found that when bacteria and ...

The so-called magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins or MFPs, overcome key limitations of previous biological candidates for quantum sensors.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy found that ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

Explore the potential of bacteriophages as a breakthrough therapy against bacterial infections amidst rising antibiotic ...

Research in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs such as E. coli, say scientists. An experiment partially conducted on board the International Space Station (ISS) showed that viruses and ...

Viruses infected bacteria differently on the ISS than on Earth Microgravity altered infection speed, growth, and mutations ...