Chinese scientists uncovered a powerful energy source for deep Earth microbes: hydrogen and oxidants generated by rock ...

Discover a vast, previously unknown world of microbial life that survives—and even thrives—for hundreds of millions of years ...

Genetic traces of Salmonella enterica and Borrelia recurrentis were identified in teeth from thirteen soldiers buried in a ...

When rocks fracture in underground faults, they generate a variety of chemical compounds that could provide more energy ...

With colorectal cancer on the rise in people under 50, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are looking ...

Healthy trees contain more than one trillion different bacteria, fungi and viruses, a new study has found. These wood ...

The synthetic bacteria contain a shorter genetic code with 57 codons rather than 64, freeing up space for further edits that ...

Within the last award cycle, six NSF CAREER Awards have been awarded to University faculty, which is a 46% success rate of ...

Researchers have genetically engineered gut microbes to absorb compounds that contribute to kidney stones – and to thrive in ...

The human body is teeming with microbes, especially in the gut, and they're not just freeloaders. To coexist smoothly, our ...

Non-antibiotic drugs can alter the microbiome and increase the risk of gut infections in surprising ways, a new Nature study ...

As the climate warms and regional drying becomes more frequent, peatlands—some of the planet's most important carbon ...