For years, public-health authorities downplayed the risk that pathogens could spread via droplets light enough to circulate ...

By collecting samples after climbing a high peak and firing rockets with special traps into the upper atmosphere, scientists ...

But what they found in the air samples were microbes, many of which were still viable—and several of them could infect and be harmful to humans. Their findings were published earlier this month ...

Scientists found that volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived oxygen spikes before Earth's air became breathable.

Legionnaires’ disease is caused by Legionella bacteria occurring naturally in freshwater environments and complex air conditioning cooling systems.

A team of Australian researchers has found key understanding of how microbes consume huge amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and help reduce levels of this deadly gas.  According to a recent study ...

Knowable Magazine By collecting samples after climbing a high peak and firing rockets with special traps into the upper atmosphere, scientists have found microbes living in thin air ...

Watch out if you don't put the toilet seat down before flushing, because of nasty bacteria which shoot up into the air. Flushing the toilet sends a plume of tiny water droplets into the air ...

Hospital sink drains are a hidden reservoir of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, highlighting the urgent need for stricter ...

Frozen ground would seem to stall microbes — especially in winter — but scientists have been finding robust emissions of ...