While you may not frequently visit humid environments, such as rainforests, the animal life in damp locations may look a bit ...

To see how microgravity changes certain microbes, researchers sent bacteria-infecting viruses called bacteriophages to the ...

Lynette Abbott continues her discussion on soil health by examining the effects of fertilisers on soil organisms ...

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic ...

Scientists have developed a method for turning plastic bottles into a medicine for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The study showed that with the help of specially modified E. coli bacteria, ...

The biggest threat to soil is industrial farming, argues Rubin, who says the heart of large-scale food production is monocropping, the practice of growing a single crop — usually corn, soybeans or ...

Bdelloid rotifers shrug off radiation doses that would obliterate human cells. Here’s how their resilience reveals deep ...

New research suggests oysters may rely on hidden microbes to help build their shells and maintain chemistry as oceans grow more acidic.

Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements.

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Campaigners are calling for wider use of the MenB vaccine after a deadly meningitis outbreak in Kent claimed the lives of a school pupil and a university student and left health officials racing to ...

You know how your phone seems to get faster and hold more stuff every year? A lot of that magic comes down to tiny, tiny ...