How cyanobacteria use a flexible protein to protect themselves from sunlight—and what it could mean for crops and solar tech.

Deep beneath the Balkans, a massive sulfur-fed cave hosts 111,000 spiders in one shared web, defying typical spider behavior.

From medicine to agriculture and aquaculture, bacteriophages are poised to have a huge global impact. As viruses which target ...

You don’t need to stop using headphones or earbuds, but you can learn simple steps to help protect your health.

Scientists at EPFL have unraveled the mystery behind why biological nanopores, tiny molecular holes used in both nature and ...

Researchers reveal how bacterial organelles self-assemble, uncovering enzyme structures that could drive advances in carbon ...

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died ...

Cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, are found almost everywhere in the world—from hot springs to arctic ice to ...

Three medical experts review the evidence around how antidepressants may affect the gut microbiome, and what this could mean ...

Bacteria can serve as couriers for these anti-cancer vaccines. Using genetic engineering, the genetic instructions (or DNA) ...

Researchers used a new covariance-based method, MANOCCA, to map how environmental factors like age, sex, smoking, and BMI shape bacterial co-abundance in the healthy gut microbiome. The study revealed ...