Researchers at University of Tsukuba proposed a new approach to reveal ecological niches (positions within ecosystems) and ...

These little black beasts can be infuriating, but luckily it's not terribly hard to evict them from your home. Here's how.

The way antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of bacteria has been revealed in stunning detail by high-resolution ...

A team led by UCL (University College London) and Imperial College London researchers has shown for the first time how ...

According to a new study, it might be more than just melted ice or leftover pulp. Researchers from the University of Birmingham tested 155 samples of popular beverages sold in UK supermarkets and ...

Now, a team of scientists in Japan may start turning the tide. They’ve hijacked the metabolism of a common bacterium, ...

Maria Branyas Morera, who died in 2024 at the age of 117 and a half, was the world's oldest person and now experts have analyzed her DNA.

Our gut microbes and genes are in constant conversation, shaping each other in ways that affect everything from immunity and ...

"If tire wear particles alter the composition of these biofilms, it affects the entire river system," study leader and PhD ...

“It was like opening a kind of microbiological relic. The fact that we were able to extract genetic information from bacteria ...

Pathogens are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics. With the goal of developing new therapeutic approaches to treat bacterial infections more effectively in the future, researchers at the ...

But a forgotten treatment, first discovered more than a century ago, could offer hope. Known as bacteriophage therapy—or "phage therapy," for short—it uses viruses that naturally prey on bacteria, ...