Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make ...

A bacterial defense system called SPARDA employs kamikaze-like tactics to protect cells and could be useful in future ...

People with sleep disorders share gut microbiome patterns tied to fiber and inflammation, pointing to a possible link between ...

Tiny plastic particles may be quietly reshaping microbial life in drinking water systems. Nanoplastics already raise fears because people can ingest them directly. Now scientists say these tiny partic ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

Metabolites in mouse and human breath correlate to gut-microbe populations and might be helpful in diagnosing disease.

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New research shows that gut bacteria and metabolites may reveal early warning signs of multiple gastrointestinal diseases. Scientists have uncovered biological signals in the gut that may make it ...

Amplicon-based sequencing may boost severe pneumonia diagnosis in ICU, particularly for fungal infections and ...

Recent research from Harvard University suggests a woman’s toots can be useful rather than just plain embarrassing — and smelly.

Every medication in your cabinet, every material in your phone's battery, and virtually every compound that makes modern life work started as a molecular guess, with scientists hypothesizing that a ...

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