New CU Boulder research shows that bacteria harness physical laws to operate at the edge of chaos and use calcium to independently diversify and find a place to settle down Let’s talk about the ...

In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they were a multicellular organism. The organisms in the study are the only ...

Gut bacteria evolve rapidly in response to different diets, UCLA evolutionary biologists report in a new study. The ...

Species of bacteria in the gut microbiome are evolving differently in industrialized and non-industrialized parts of the world, researchers have found. One adaptation that has become prominent in ...

An international research consortium led by UC San Francisco scientists has shown significant differences between the gut bacteria profiles of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and healthy individuals, ...

There are bacteria that researchers are very familiar with; some of them are common environmental microbes, and range from harmless to strains that can easily cause infection in animals or people, ...

I was recently having an appropriately socially distant conversation with my friend Nancy, a bright and educated professional whom I’ve known for years. She was telling me that until a recent ...

Fig. 2: Scheme of MISO bacteria on an iron(III) oxide mineral particle. Fig 3: Example of a habitat of MISO bacteria - Marine sediment (foto of a sample from an Arctic fjord in Svalbard) ...

In 2020, comfort foods came to the rescue: Faced with crisis, people used nostalgic foods and familiar food cravings to soothe their anxieties. As the pandemic progressed, we consumed more pizza, ...

University of Delaware’s Molly Sutherland, assistant professor of biological sciences, has received a $1.38 million National ...