An Argentina lagoon turned a bright pink color caused by sodium sulfite, an anti-bacterial product used in fish factories - Copyright AFP Timur Matahari An Argentina ...

Scientists have engineered a common probiotic bacterium to act like a microscopic drug factory that hunts down tumors and ...

A colony of leafcutter ants is home to more than just one species. Each year, studies reveal new layers of complexity in ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

How can bacteria that forage on organic particles survive in vast ocean regions where such particles are extremely sparse? A ...

Bacterial infections pose significant challenges to agriculture and medicine, especially as cases of antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to rise. In response, scientists are elucidating the ways ...

Microbes play a crucial role in maintaining the levels of many nutrients in our environment, but warming could disrupt their ...

Science Needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing Initial International Research Priorities, based partly on a workshop held in Zabgreb, Croatia in 2013, identifies scientific needs that must be ...

Almost two decades ago, Seth Bordenstein, a biologist at Pennsylvania State University, and a group of scientists and science educators brainstormed ways to bring the scientific research experience ...

The microbial toxin colibactin has just the right shape to snuggle up to DNA — but its embrace is unfortunately more cancerous than cozy. Colibactin is produced by bacteria in the gut and causes ...