Microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch, reveals new research. The world-first ...

A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. The study ...

University of Toronto researchers have made the first discovery of a virus that infects Legionella pneumophila, the bacteria ...

The city may be putting a specially trained canine to work sniffing out human waste in stormwater drains and outfalls to ...

They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?

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One day, bottles of probiotics might do more than keep you regular -- they could help prevent disease. To get there, a $2 ...

From the bellies of sandflies to mosquitoes, Asha Wijegunawardana manipulates insect vectors with microbes to help prevent ...

Spanish and Chinese scientists say they have used nanoparticles to enable the brains of mice to clear out plaque linked to ...

Billions of tiny plastic pellets, “nurdles,” pollute the oceans every year, affecting fish, birds, and ecosystems, warns a ...

Due to a major break in the line, TCEQ has required the N.E.W. Water Supply Corporation to issue a boil water notice for some ...