No matter how much they brush their teeth, some people still get more cavities than others, in part because of differences in ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society. In a new proof-of-concept ...

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

The microbes living in sourdough starters don’t just appear by chance—they’re shaped by what bakers feed them. New research ...

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

Despite the fact that 68% of the world’s population has trouble digesting lactose, a naturally occurring milk sugar, global ...

In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

"Like any good animal, we sense the change of seasons through a hundred subtle clues. Leaves change and shed, becoming crispy ...

Some microbes can squeeze through tight spaces by wrapping themselves in their flagellum—the tail-like structure they use to ...

Methane-eating microbes could help convert one of the most powerful greenhouse gases into useful ...

In the obesity group, microbes appeared more active in breaking down sugars and proteins in ways that could contribute to health problems. Those metabolic shifts were also linked with higher levels of ...