The skin microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. Researchers have now substantiated that certain skin bacteria can protect us from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation specifically ...

Women's health has long been overlooked in science and medicine—an oversight with serious consequences not just for women, but for public health as a whole. A 2024 McKinsey report found that women ...

A newly discovered bacterium is changing the way scientists understand bacterial size and complexity. Published in thejournal ...

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

Bacterial cells have colonized every part of our world. But even though some can evade disinfectants to live in NASA cleanrooms, others are ... | Microbiology ...

The researchers also reintroduced microbes to the mice after antibiotics through fecal microbial transplants. The rationale ...

A new report from the environmental nonprofit Blue Water Baltimore shows that water quality in the Inner Harbor and its ...

A team of researchers investigated a sequence of coastal dunes of different ages (from 0-700,000 years old) in Cooloola National Park near Rainbow Beach to understand how soil microorganisms coped ...

Rock Creek might look inviting, but it’s full of harmful bacteria. Wading and swimming are banned for good reason.

A version of Vibrio natriegens with five unusual edits has begun to remediate as many organic pollutants in industrial ...

In the absence of air, microorganisms produce hydrogen using an enzyme called [FeFe]-hydrogenase, one of the most efficient hydrogen-producing biocatalysts known and a promising tool for green ...