Tuberculosis has plagued humanity for thousands of years, and despite medical advances that can now help us prevent and cure ...

ESA project called HOBI-WAN is testing a bacterial protein in microgravity to produce and grow food in space, reducing supply ...

These bacteria don’t eat food or breathe air like we do. All they need is to complete a circuit; that’s enough for them to ...

From the deep sea to the shallow seafloor, researchers are uncovering unusual sugars that do something extraordinary to ...

If you're about to throw up or get acid reflux, you may feel a burning sensation when acid from your stomach escpes into the ...

Researchers have identified a new species of Rickettsia bacteria, which are responsible for causing types of spotted fever, ...

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis(TB) ...

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB ...

In honor of the more horrifying aspects of the mortal coil, we bring you a list of nine facts sure to disquiet.

A new technique which slashes the time taken to diagnose microbial infections from days to minutes could help save lives and ...

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

In another, perhaps counterintuitive study, mice that had all their gut bacteria wiped out were protected from gaining as ...