Warming waters are pushing the dreaded flesh-eating bacteria up the Atlantic coast. Experts explain who's at risk and how ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

A new review in Science China Life Sciences examines how machine learning and host-microbiome multi-omics can be combined to better understand health and disease. The article outlines the road from ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside a common gut bacterium could help explain one of medicine’s long-standing mysteries: why a microbe found in both healthy people and cancer patients is linked to ...

As far as research subjects go, it's not always easy to find common ground with a single-celled bacterium. Yet the more Paul ...

Escherichia coli bacteria are the workhorse of microbiology labs. These bacteria move through fluids by spinning their flagella — a clump of tails driven by a molecular motor in the cell walls.

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.

Every year, nearly half a million Americans are diagnosed with Lyme disease, and most recover fully after a standard course ...

China drills 3,413 meters into Antarctic ice, opening a path to environments that have been sealed for millions of years.

A traditional medicinal plant, tormentil, shows promise against antibiotic-resistant bacteria in laboratory tests. Its ...

Recent studies have suggested that sugar substitutes might not be the free lunch they're advertised as. We asked experts what ...

A fungus pulled from NASA cleanrooms kept surviving tests that were meant to mimic nearly every stage of a trip to Mars. That ...