As humanity pushes the boundaries of space exploration, one of the key challenges is how to access resources from distant ...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed software that reduces the time needed for a key task in the development of custom microbes from a week to just ...

Emerging evidence supports the skin microbiome as a promising avenue for precision medicine in the treatment of dermatologic ...

The oral microbiome, comprising diverse microbial communities inhabiting the mouth, plays a critical role in the maintenance of oral and systemic health.

By Dr Elsie SARKODEE-ADDORice, the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, faces mounting threats from ...

For generations, wise aunties and grandmothers have advised that the quickest path to the heart is through the stomach. Our ...

A research team led by Prof. Wang Kelin from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered microbial mechanisms that restrict phosphorus (P) cycling in ...

The most widely accepted scientific explanation for the arrival of all complex life on Earth has had an unsolved mystery at its heart. According to the theory, all plants, animals and fungi, known ...

Scientists discovered that wrinkled rocks in Morocco were formed by deep sea microbes that survived without sunlight.

Microbial assays are a technique to assess a compound’s potency or concentration. This is carried out by exposing microorganisms to the compound and determining its effect on them. Microbial assays ...