This review highlights how air pollution and occupational inhalation exposures may contribute to neurodegenerative disorders ...

People go to great lengths to maintain youthful-looking skin with masks, creams and serums. Now, researchers have discovered ...

New research shows nanoplastics increase pathogen risk, affecting E. coli virulence and gene transfer, posing health hazards.

A solution that opens an ethical problem: "An overly enthusiastic government could misinterpret genetic information to ...

A groundbreaking technique developed by Politecnico di Milano researchers is enabling scientists to control specific bacterial functions using ...

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

So is it time to add viruses to one's microbiome-feeding regimen of probiotics and prebiotics, synbiotics (which combine the ...

Industrial fermentation using bacteria, yeast and other microbes to produce specific products has the potential to reduce ...

The moon is a harsh place for an average brick. But bacteria, mixed with some bean gum, can help create self-repairing bricks ...

Chemists have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have replicated itself on early Earth -- a key process in the origin of life.

Living emulsions, which incorporate active bacteria into oil–water multiphase systems, represent an innovative integration of microbiology and colloid science. The active role of living species offers ...

A groundbreaking antibiotic discovery might finally tip the balance in the global fight against drug-resistant bacteria.