At the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Jérémie Palacci's research group is venturing into ...

Tiny robots—around 50 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair—open up fascinating possibilities: they enable the ...

A new research facility in Sudbury, Ont., is testing whether bacteria could help solve two major challenges in mining: How to ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health. But how long plastics take to degrade and how environmental bacteria work ...

A bacterium from frog gut microbiota eliminated tumors in mice by selectively colonizing tumors and triggering both direct ...

A quiet but powerful process begins the moment food touches your mouth. Long before your immune system reacts, bacteria in ...

Intensive antibiotic use in farming has created the ideal conditions for resistant bacteria, viruses and fungi to develop.

The gut does more than help digest food. It helps the whole body work better.

A new study reveals how tailoring biochar with minerals and heat can influence soil bacteria and dramatically improve carbon ...

Researchers have discovered that a particular protein in the gut is fighting an important battle against the spread of ...

Gut bacteria can convert white fat into energy-burning beige fat through diet-driven signals, offering new therapeutic targets for metabolic diseases.

Now MIT researchers have taken an important first step toward understanding how bacteria work together to break down plastic. In a new paper published in Environmental Science & Technology, the ...