In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange ...

At ETH Zurich, scientists from many different fields are working on something that seems straight out of science fiction.

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is visiting a home away from Earth that has seen continuous human presence ...

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Nearly one in four infants lacks enough healthy gut bacteria essential for training their immune systems, putting them at ...

As antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" make infections trickier to treat, some in the medical community are turning to ...

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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have solved a 60-year-old mystery in bacterial cell envelope ...

Today, these microbial partners work in the soil across millions of acres of farmland worldwide, helping farmers grow more ...

A Slippery Rock University student’s hands-on research aims to help purify water using innovative techniques. Carmen Hay, a ...

Anaerobic bacteria were among the first life forms on Earth and existed at a time when there was no oxygen in the atmosphere.