And yet a controversial new concept is emerging that claims gut bacteria are an invisible hand altering our brains. Science is piecing together how the trillions of microbes that live on and in ...

A group of 38 leading experts in fields ranging from synthetic biology to the existence of life beyond Earth has come ...

That’s the promise of biomanufacturing based on microbes, which involves using microorganisms to create valuable resources from renewable resources rather than using compounds found in fossil fuels.

prompting microorganisms to thrive Margherita Bassi Pathogens are more common in polar bears living in the Chukchi Sea now than they were three decades ago, a new study suggests—but it's not yet ...

To understand mirror bacteria, we first need to take a look at one of the key properties of the molecules of life as we know them; they have homochirality, or uniformity of “handedness”.

Vibrio bacteria sickened dozens of people following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and the microbes’ range appears to be ...

You share a lot more than just meals and hobbies with your family and friends: you also give each other gut microbes, meaning your personal flora can serve as a detailed profile of your social life.

We quickly realized that, unlike most conjugated bile acids, these MCBAs originated from gut microbes rather than the liver. Biology doesn’t just happen; there is likely some selective pressure ...

A company called Windfall Bio is pursuing a novel solution for these diverse sources of methane which is based on an interesting category of microbes called “methane eaters.” The technical ...

But luckily, to reduce the impact on us, environmental microbes now possess the biophysical and biochemical defenses that feed on these radiation. This method of microbes removing or feeding on ...