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

Select gut bacteria protect mice against post-influenza virus secondary bacterial pneumonia, according to a study published ...

Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...

Heat-resilient biofertilizers could help crops cope with rising temperatures but engineering them has been slow and uncertain ...

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

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

The Oceanography Society (TOS) has selected Dr. Corday Selden, an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, as a recipient ...

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

A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Scientists have found that a common oral bacterium known as the causative agent of tooth decay can affect the brain and ...

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

Cholera remains a major global public health challenge, with an estimated 1.3 to 4 million cases and tens of thousands of ...