Testing wastewater for diseases and viral activity gained prominence during the pandemic, but scientists are concerned that ...

A team of scientists have elucidated an ancient mechanism of cellular respiration. To that end, they studied bacteria that feed on the gases carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and turn them into acetic acid ...

In a new book, author John Green writes about visiting a tuberculosis hospital in Sierra Leone, where he met a TB patient not ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

Amid climate uncertainty, curators at the Bigelow National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota are hopeful that if there’s ...

Rashes are common under the arms because the skinfold creates a warm ... The inflammation may develop a secondary infection caused by yeast, fungi, or bacteria that love being in a damp environment.

Some notoriously difficult-to-treat infections may not be as resistant to antibiotics as has been thought, according to new ...

Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions. The process, which enables the bacteria to become practically indestructible, ...

As a professor of pathology at the University of Michigan, Gabriel Nuñez’s life is dedicated to research on microbes and ...

Greenhouse gases like CO2, CH4, and N2O, which contribute to global warming, pose a significant threat to humanity. According to a recent report from the ...