UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the ...

In most people, these bacteria coexist peacefully and contribute to a mutually beneficial relationship, with both human and ...

Research from the University of Surrey in England also shows lower blood sugar and insulin responses after eating pasta ...

Over the decades, many strains of disease-causing bacteria have evolved defenses to even the most potent antibiotics, setting ...

Elevated vaginal inflammation may increase birth risks in pregnant women with IBD, though healthier diets may help mitigate ...

A single thermal performance curve applies across life, from bacteria to animals. Species differ in optimal temperatures, but not in the fundamental shape of their response to heat. Researchers at Tri ...

This year’s recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks about “punk science,” microbial economics and ...

Researchers report how Paenibacillus avoids harm by its own antibiotic — information that is crucial for developing new drug ...

Researchers studying cyanobacteria from hot springs in Thailand have discovered a new natural UV-blocking compound with ...

A study by scientists at Penn State and NASA shows that intact biomolecules from dormant microbes break down much more slowly ...

Scientists have discovered that gut-born bacteria may hold the secret for treatments of everything from IBD to Parkinson’s disease. Now they just need samples from the people living in the most ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...