A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Most conversations about breast milk tend to focus on topics like nutrients, antibodies and bonding time rather than bacteria ...

“We found that gut bacteria, including Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, ferment sugars into ethanol in the ...

Scientists have long suspected that the trillions of microbes in our intestines do more than digest lunch, but new work goes ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...

Exercise can increase the diversity of bacteria found in the gut, possibly boosting the immune system and improving long-term health, British researchers report. High levels of dietary protein might ...

Study finds gut bacteria cause auto-brewery syndrome, where eating carbs leads to intoxication. Fecal transplants show ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

Delhi's polluted winter air may be carrying drug-resistant bacteria, a JNU study warns, raising concerns that antimicrobial ...

Mars looks familiar in telescope images, but its thin air, deep cold and radiation soaked surface would kill an unprotected ...

New research explores how microbes could turn Martian soil into building material and support life systems, offering a potential path for constructing human habitats on Mars using local resources ...