Early in 2025, scientists discovered a promising new antibiotic in a soil sample from a lab technician's backyard. The molecule, called lariocidin, is produced by the microbe Paenibacillus and shows ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A carefully controlled lettuce irrigation study reveals that while secondary-treated wastewater can ...

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Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New ...

Emerging science suggests that changes in gut health over time may be connected to the body's declining ability to repair ...

Plants are quietly borrowing tricks from bacteria, repurposing foreign genes to build complex molecules that look a lot like tomorrow’s medicines. By turning leaves and cultured cells into ...

Hidden inside the human body, scientists have uncovered thousands of bizarre RNA loops unlike anything in biology. These ...

Spanish researchers discover AlCas12a, a groundbreaking enzyme for next-generation gene editing.The protein, discovered in wastewater, is smaller, ...

A mouse study suggests estrogen may increase gut pain by activating specific cells, offering hints to why IBS is more common ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have a unique resource in the form of the Center for Biomolecular ...

Researchers connecting pieces of the massive Alzheimer's puzzle are closer to slotting the next one in place, with yet ...