Scientists have infected bacteria with a virus aboard the International Space Station to see how they would interact in ...

Far from Earth's gravitational pull, a simple viral infection took on a new evolutionary direction. A study conducted aboard the ISS found that when bacteria and ...

Space-evolved viruses show enhanced killing power against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, offering new pathways for phage ...

The microbes living in sourdough starters don’t just appear by chance—they’re shaped by what bakers feed them. New research ...

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

People have long said that "bread is life." Now, researchers at Tufts University are using the bubbling mixtures of flour and ...

While mirror bacteria may sound like a fun time, a group of 40 renowned scientists conclude it is probably not worth the risk.

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, sometimes called a "lower respiratory tract" infection to distinguish it from an ...

The so-called magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins or MFPs, overcome key limitations of previous biological candidates for quantum sensors.

Dear D.K.: Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, sometimes called a "lower respiratory tract" infection to distinguish it ...

Biologists from the University of York (UK) have discovered enzymes that catalyze the biosynthesis of alkaloids in a number ...