A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not ...

Mariangela Hungria won the 2025 World Food Prize for her work on microbes that feed plants nitrogen, allowing farmers to ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition characterized by a persistently low mood, a lack of ...

Many everyday chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria and potentially fuel antibiotic resistance, prompting calls to ...

A new study from researchers in Japan has found a possible link between gum disease and multiple sclerosis , a condition that ...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by extreme mood changes. Individuals diagnosed with BD ...

Many infectious diseases are caused by viruses and bacteria. Bacteria are microorganisms that are made up of a single cell. They can be found in a wide variety of environments. Most bacteria are ...

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that bacteria inside cancerous tumors may be key to understanding why ...

Bacteria typically live out their teeny-tiny lives in the microscopic realm, but now scientists have found a gargantuan one the size and shape of a human eyelash. The new find is "by far the largest ...

While microscopic and little known, predatory bacteria are among the world’s fiercest and most effective hunters. Credit...Oscar Gronner Supported by By Katherine J. Wu Henry N. Williams’s favorite ...