From a 5,500-year-old human shinbone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, providing the oldest evidence yet that the disease has ancient roots in the ...

Whether in the human body or on surfaces, bacteria protect themselves from outside attackers using biofilms. Physicist Eleonora Secchi is researching how these slime-like protective films are formed, ...

Calls to consume raw milk regained traction on social media in January 2026 following the release of the US government's new ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...

Safety experts share their biggest concerns. From radioactive shrimp to vodka seltzer in energy drink cans, food and beverage ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

Space-evolved viruses show enhanced killing power against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, offering new pathways for phage ...

As ocean temperatures rise and currents shift, the plastisphere may become an even more effective route for biological ...

The integrity of the water cycle is fundamentally linked to human health, with contaminated water serving as a primary vehicle for the transmission of ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...