"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...

When you picture a single cell, you probably imagine something super tiny that you had to look at through a microscope. But, ...

A recent study suggested that concentration of peptidoglycan seems to increase in periods of sleep deprivation. This is a sign that the gut microbiota might play a role in sleep quality.

Sleep is one of the essential physiological needs for human survival, alongside food, water, and air. But sleep is socially ...

Description: Unlike most living things, there are species of bacteria that can harness electrons directly and even shuttle ...

On the universal curve, performance climbs steadily as organisms warm until they reach an optimal temperature where activity ...

Potentially dangerous staphylococci compete with other bacteria for biotin in the human nasal cavity. This could offer a new ...

In many cases, thoroughly washing or cooking your food is enough to prevent infection from listeria.

Gut bacteria shown to produce serotonin, revealing new pathways for IBS therapy. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have uncovered new details about how gut bacteria interact with ...

The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...

Colorectal cancer immunotherapy advances as Photobacterium angustum identified to selectively colonize tumors with minimal ...

Aging is defined as the deterioration of function over time, and it is one of the main risk factors for numerous chronic ...