In the weightlessness of space, bacteria acquired mutations in genes involved in the microbe's stress response and nutrient ...

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating ...

New research shows that the gene PTPN2 helps regulate gut bacteria and plays a key role in protecting the body from excessive inflammation. Scientists at the, Riverside, are uncovering how a single ge ...

A team of researchers at UCLA has reported an unexpected twist in a condition long treated as a crystal chemistry problem. In samples of the most common kidney stone, they found bacteria living inside ...

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station often suffer from various immune system dysfunctions, including allergies and skin rashes, even though they go through rigorous screening and are probably ...

Warming temperatures may cause methane emissions from wetlands to rise — by helping methane-producing bacteria thrive. Higher temperatures favor the activity of wetland soil microbes that produce the ...

Getting an accurate estimate of when someone died is a critical part of forensic investigations. In extremely cold conditions, molecular biology can provide critical information that the naked eye ...

A major new review of human studies finds consistent differences in gut bacterial communities between people with mild ...