A box full of viruses and bacteria has completed its return trip to the International Space Station, and the changes these 'bugs' experienced in their travels could help us Earthlings tackle ...

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

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A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Scientists may have found a new way to spot early signs of obesity, which could lead to novel prevention strategies. A study ...

Marine microbes cooperate far more than they compete, reshaping how scientists understand ocean ecosystems and climate ...

A major new review of human studies finds consistent differences in gut bacterial communities between people with mild ...

Methane eating microbes could help turn a powerful greenhouse gas into everyday products like animal feed, green plastics, ...

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways associated with differences in brain size and cognitive function A new study sug ...

Learn more about the hunt for bacteria on Mars and how astronauts will need to make sure they aren't bringing any dormant ...