The longest natural metagenome time series ever collected, with microbes, reveals a startling evolutionary pattern on repeat.

Scientists have detailed the process of linking a major E. coli outbreak in the United Kingdom to lettuce. In May 2024, public health agencies and ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

A new study has unveiled fascinating insights into the complex relationship between milk fat globules and bacteria. The ...

Plants and pets: Your furry friends and greenery add more life to your spaces. For your green thumb, find tips for saving money on houseplants and how to keep your plants alive longer. Pets can make a ...

It is hard to overestimate the importance of antibodies in the frameworks of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

Adding to the body of scientific literature on the fast escalating antibiotic resistance crisis is a study published by ...

In a new book, a science journalist recounts the story of a lifesaving treatment for infection that scientists broadly ...

Faced with the toxic threat of copper, bacteria have developed remarkable detoxification strategies. One of these relies on ...

It is nice to deliver drugs where you exactly want them, which is the gut in the case of IBD and gastrointestinal infections.

Antibiotic and antifungal drug resistance pose a major public health threat. Live Science is covering the spread of this ...

Life span: It depends­—it’s time to toss a loofah when its color looks odd, it smells strange, or you see mold growing in it, ...