By Sean Mowbray Invisible in their trillions, microbes dwell in our bodies, grow in soils, live on trees and are integral to ...

In a new study, terrestrial bacteria-infecting viruses were still able to infect their E. coli hosts in near-weightless "microgravity" conditions aboard the International Space Station, but the ...

How could terrestrial living organisms withstand the hostile environments of other planets? To answer this question, a ...

Scientists found that the space station phages gradually accumulated specific mutations that boosted their infectivity, or ...

Scientists have discovered astonishing microbial diversity deep beneath Earth's surface, which could have implications in the hunt for life on Mars. The study, published in Science Advances, examined ...

A research team says their findings could help tackle soaring antibiotic-resistant infections that cause urinary tract ...

Groundbreaking estuary study by Dr. Chuanqiao Zhou of Institute of Science Tokyo and Dr. Fei He of Nanjing Institute of Environment Sciences reveals the hidden dance between terrestrial pollution, ...

Scientists discover microgravity in space could help fight drug-resistant superbugs by creating unique viral mutations, according to a new study.

With so many coral reefs bleaching and pangolins being poached, it may seem tone-deaf to call for the conservation of species that are too small to see with the naked eye. But that’s exactly what the ...

While most companies focus on terrestrial microbes for new discoveries, Nereus Pharmaceuticals Inc. is casting its eyes to the sea. “We are founded to be a drug discovery and drug development company, ...