The idea that a single-celled bacterium can defend itself against viruses in a similar way as the 1.8-trillion-cell human ...

Alexander Fleming was doing experiments with bacteria when he woke up to a strange mold growing in his petri dish. The "mold juice" would usher in the first antibiotic, penicillin, and would ...

Water quality could impact the kind of microbial populations in poultry drinking water lines and lead to the buildup of a ...

We could see a mass extinction event, an existential threat to multicellular life as we know it. Effective biocontainment, ...

Researchers have unveiled a surprising new way that soil microbes can use sunlight energy—even after the lights go out. A ...

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

Ice cream, mascarpone and milk-washed cocktails may sound like simple pleasures — but the ones served at a ...

Scientists have long known that humans don’t travel to space alone. Every astronaut carries trillions of microbes, including ...

A 19th century doctor was able to pinpoint which homes were affected by contaminated water, and link that to cholera deaths ...

Norwegian researchers used thin layers of microbes in a reactor to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into pipeline grade ...

It's common knowledge that many cheeses come packed in a liquid known as brine -- but why? Science and the chef and owner of ...

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...