Researchers uncover how probiotics and diet shape the gut microbiome to boost vaccine efficacy, offering new avenues for ...

It’s important to note that researchers are likely at least 10 to 30 years away from creating mirror bacteria. On the timescale of a fast-moving field like synthetic biology, a decade is a very long ...

Moreira and López-García agree that viruses evolve much faster than bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes. We argue that if organisms evolved equally fast, nature would contain a lot more species of ...

Fructose availability promotes bacterial colonization in the human gut via regulation of the fructose operon in Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, governed by the transcription factor FruR and its ...

Scientists have finally captured footage of the microscopic machinery that allows our cells to copy DNA—a fundamental process ...

Microbial life thrives in some of the most extreme environments on Earth. Bacteria, archaea, and other microorganisms inhabit ...

LO9: Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team. LO1: Describe and explain the basic structure and function of important examples of bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, together with protozoan ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from H5N1 ...

The term greenhouse gas often brings carbon dioxide (CO 2) to mind, and rightly so, as it is a key contributor to rising global temperatures. However, a more potent pollutant and greenhouse gas ...

Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered ...