Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the moon? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden ...

Both viruses and bacteria can cause illness, but they dont cause the same illnesses. And while all viruses are bad, there are ...

After so many years learning how microbes work, researchers are now digitally recreating their inner workings to tackle ...

UC San Diego researchers have created a map of the microbes aboard the International Space Station; results could make space ...

These were harsh times when there was no available oxygen, and life was entirely composed of microorganisms. Well, scientists have discovered such a place within collapsed depressions along the ...

The microbes on and in our bodies are so numerous that their number probably matches or exceeds the number of our own cells. In recent years, work on these small but powerful symbionts has shifted ...

In their earliest forms, probiotics were limited to dietary supplements, certain foods, and food additives targeting your gut microbiome, the natural ecosystem of microorganisms in your digestive ...

The development of antibiotics was a breakthrough in medicine. But while they can save lives, they have a dark side. Microbes resistant to the drugs were responsible for more than one million deaths ...

Studies have associated microbes with a lower incidence of cancer, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes, asthma, depression, autism, irritable bowel syndrome, colic, Parkinson's and many allergies.

The study, published this month in the journal Science, also pinpoints specific microorganisms that may help those critical cells proliferate in early life. The findings are the latest to shine a ...