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

Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is visiting a home away from Earth that has seen continuous human presence for a quarter of a century and is floating around 400 kilometres above Earth ...

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

It’s not always obvious which of the multitude of species of bacteria riding around in us should be classified as germs and ...

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

It’s not always obvious which of the multitude of species of bacteria riding around in us should be classified as germs and ...

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.