Though they are often considered ‘beginner pets’, fish require care and effort to keep them safe and comfortable.

But over time, the microbes responsible for these infections have evolved to evade the very drugs designed to eliminate them. Each year, there are more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant ...

What we eat affects our gut microbes, and now researchers can follow both good and bad changes step by step. "There's a strong connection between the gut microbiota and human health. What we eat ...

Most people probably don't think about soil as a living thing. But it is filled with millions of tiny organisms that play a critical role in everything soil does—including sequestering carbon.

This sign – marks found on Martian rocks last year – could have been caused by microbes or by a reaction that takes place only at high temperatures. New findings suggest the biological ...

Soy sauce is one of the village’s traditional industries. Jack Pong Chung-hang and his sister are third-generation owners of ...

The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival. Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria ...

Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria — even strains resistant to commercial drugs — and is not toxic to human cells 1.

A study about office microwaves may have some people rethinking the leftover food they eat for lunch. Researchers examined the differences in bacteria present in domestic spaces such as a home; in ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest some plastics. And improvements in our ability to design proteins have ...

Apr. 9, 2025 — Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4 ...