We use them to clean the dishes we eat off, but your kitchen sponge is a damp, crumb-filled environment that is perfect for bacteria to thrive in. Should you opt for a washing up brush instead?

It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can ...

In an effort to learn more about astronaut health and the effects of space on the human body, NASA is conducting a new ...

Electron microscopy images reveal crucial structures and mechanisms within the molecular machinery that certain bacteria use ...

Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.

A scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, or MRSA (in yellow), surrounding a dead human white blood cell (in red ...

Researchers in China found eating from common containers could cause inflammation in the gut that travels through the ...

Languages: English. Hundreds of Navy SEAL candidates became sick within a week of being exposed to contaminated ocean water at the Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) in Coronado, California, a report ...

Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, archaea, fungi and protozoa. This discipline includes fundamental research on the biochemistry, physiology ...

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At a conference in Boston, the nation’s scientists commiserated and strategized as funding cuts and federal layoffs throw their world into turmoil. By Raymond Zhong The Trump administration ...