By hacking bacterial languages, an interdisciplinary research team explores the potential for new treatments and a deeper ...

Sleep is one of the essential physiological needs for human survival, alongside food, water, and air. But sleep is socially ...

The human body contains 20 times more microbes than it does cells. In fact, a visitor from outer space might think the human race is just one big chain of microbe hotels. Now we know our audience ...

A large-scale laboratory screening of human-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in ...

Potentially dangerous staphylococci compete with other bacteria for biotin in the human nasal cavity. This could offer a new ...

Over the past 150 years, researchers have seen the average human body temperature drop by more than half a degree Fahrenheit (-0.3 °C). In a new study from the University of Michigan, scientists ...

Some bacteria, among the deadliest in the world, seek out blood in the body like microscopic vampires, researchers say. National Cancer Institute via Unsplash Dracula. Edward Cullen. Morbius. Count ...

Like all living things, bacteria adapt to survive. Over time, bacteria have been developing resistance to common antibiotics ...