Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation ...

Researchers are engineering bacteria to invade tumors and consume them from the inside. Because tumor cores lack oxygen, they ...

Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, ...

In a groundbreaking scientific development, a strain of bacteria that can produce pure gold has been discovered. This finding opens up new and exciting possibilities for gold extraction techniques ...

Your gut bacteria are constantly sensing, moving, and sharing nutrients to keep the microbiome thriving.

Sometimes, transporting electrons from one cell to another is a team effort. In electroactive bacteria, that team is a group ...

Infinite vastness: Gases are constantly exchanged between the ocean and the atmosphere. The study presented here shows how tiny marine organisms contribute significantly to the release of the ...

Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, ...

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Training harder may do more than build muscle—it could transform your gut. Researchers found that intense workouts change the ...