Take a typical fish out of the water and it won't live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a ...

Just because a topical antiseptic is swabbed on the skin doesn't mean it stays on the skin. In a new study, Northwestern ...

Two research teams mined genomic data from bacteria to create databases containing thousands of antiviral defence proteins ...

Concrete is prone to cracking, shrinkage, and drying, but a genus of bacteria has shown it can help beat its own weaknesses.

Take a typical fish out of water and it won’t live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a similar way, scientists are exploring dependency as a method of controlling what ...

Even the cleanest kitchens have blind spots—here's where germs are actually hiding.

From the moment raw ingredients are harvested to when you cook and eat a meal, an invisible process is taking place: the growth of antimicrobial resistance. This happens when microorganisms (bacteria, ...

Chemists say they’ve found a way to turn breadcrumbs into hydrogen, potentially offering a sustainable alternative to one of ...

Yuchen Geng and Arpita Bose consider the invisible foundation of life, explaining why microbes must be included in ...

NPK Recovery uses bacteria to recover nitrogen and other naturally occurring nutrients from the urine, creating a liquid ...

Dozens of readers have recently written with questions about travel precautions amid infectious-disease outbreaks. I wanted ...