The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest, with recent ...

Extremophile microbes from hot springs may hold the secret to the next generation of natural, eco-friendly sunscreen.

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The protein called intelectin-2 plays another important role by reinforcing the protective mucus layer that lines the ...

New research shows how changing rainfall speeds up soil carbon loss and how biochar helps soil cope with stress.

This important study, which tackles the challenge of analyzing genome integrity and instability in unicellular pathogens by introducing a novel single-cell genomics approach, presents compelling ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

Researchers studying cyanobacteria from hot springs in Thailand have discovered a new natural UV-blocking compound with ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

Researchers have unseated a previous theory for the mechanism underlying bacterial flagella movement, changing our ...

A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate ...