A taste‑test investigation into kefir's disappearing fizz in Western Europe — exploring why some kefirs stay bubbly, why ...

Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered a microbe that bends one of biology’s most sacred rules. Instead of treating a specific three-letter DNA code as a clear “stop” signal, this methane-producing ...

Researchers have been learning more about specific species of microbes that live in the human gut, and how those microbes are connected to various aspects of our health and well-being. This can be a ...

People have long given up on the search for the Fountain of Youth, a mythical spring that could reverse aging. But for some scientists, the hunt has not ended—it's just moved to a different place.

Scientists have used lab-grown microbes to bind loose desert sand into a thin, stable layer that wind cannot easily blow away. That stronger surface gives restoration teams time to plant shrubs and ...

A newly discovered virus hiding inside common gut bacteria may be linked to colorectal cancer, according to new research. Scientists in Denmark found that colorectal cancer patients were about twice ...

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Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that the genomes of ...

In the depths of Scarisoara cave in Romania sits one of the world’s biggest underground glaciers, a monumental slab of ice the size of roughly 40 Olympic swimming pools that began to form around ...

Hidden within a 5,000-year-old layer of ice in a Romanian cave, scientists have uncovered a cold-adapted bacterium with a surprisingly complex relationship to modern medicine. Despite its ancient ...

As humans travel farther and farther from our terrestrial home, scientists need to devise ways to resupply missions in the inhospitable environment of space. One way could be to leverage the ...

A new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work together to dry out the lining of the gut and cause constipation It is as unfortunate an ailment as it is ubiquitous: at some point in our life, ...