Research shows that the time it takes for poop to leave your body can affect your overall health. Chronic constipation and ...

Hours before starving bacteria begin assembling into visible structures, a deep-learning system built at Rice University can ...

Life moves in mysterious ways—and perhaps especially so for organisms that undergo dramatic shifts in levels of ...

Geometric confinement paradoxically enhances bacterial chemotaxis through chiral surface swimming and sidewall alignment, with optimal performance when lane width matches the circular swimming radius.

Life moves in mysterious ways ⎯ and perhaps especially so for organisms that undergo dramatic shifts in levels of ...

As the Jonas Brothers once sang, "I never thought that I'd catch this lovebug again." Houston didn't have much of a choice. Across the city, tiny black-and-red pairs have been clinging to windshields, ...

Researchers have identified two gut bacteria that can produce serotonin, a key chemical that regulates bowel movements. In experiments with mice lacking serotonin, the microbes boosted serotonin ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

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Want to avoid the roommates from hell? They'll eat you out of house and home. Swarm season has started in Mississippi. Termites are hungry, on the move and looking for new digs. The state has a few ...

“A very diverse set of gut bacteria can ‘swim’ through the layer of mucus that lines the intestines using specialized thread-like structures called flagella, the assembly and function of which ...