But bacteria, far older than modern organisms such as humans and plants, have evolved other ways to respire in oxygen-deprived environments, including deep-sea vents and the human gut.

This labeling could lead to simpler, faster TB ... Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds May 5, 2025 — Urban rats spread a deadly bacteria as they migrate within cities ...

Too easily overlooked are non-influenza, non-COVID viruses and bacteria that are burgeoning and spreading unchecked — both in the U.S. and around the world. While they may not cause the next ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at quantum computing for image recognition, a gene therapy using a patient’s own skin cells, electricity-generating bacteria, using physics to ...

Two species of bacteria predominate in most people, but how they interact with each other, and how those interactions may contribute to disease, has been difficult to study. MIT researchers have ...

Baltimore — Elevated levels of Legionella bacteria were detected in the water at a Baltimore City Department of Social Services office complex, a spokesperson confirmed Friday. Test results ...

Exposure to certain strains of E. coli bacteria during childhood helps explain soaring rates of colorectal cancer in people under age 65, new research suggests. Although colorectal cancer is more ...

Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step closer to eventually making it a reality, according to a new study.

Five years after the worldwide hyperfocus on COVID-19 began, some are concerned about the next pandemic — whether it could be caused by influenza, bird flu or another pathogen. Too easily ...

Adding certain foods to your diet and avoiding others can alter the structure of your gut microbiome to reduce risk for ...