Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

Genome analysis and protein modeling reveals Methylocystis suflitae's high-efficiency methane-to-PHA conversion (11.90 mg PHA/L/h), showcasing ...

Quickly and accurately identifying which microbe is causing a patient’s disease is key to developing the proper treatment.

The world's weirdest bacteria might just be this one. Image an organism causing sex changes to whoever it infects. Truth is ...

Peanut butter and jelly. Simon and Garfunkel. Semiconductors and bacteria. Some combinations are more durable than others. In ...

Mycobacterium abscessus is a fast-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria that can cause lung infections, and people who have ...

By 2050, we will need to feed almost 1.8 billion more people, when our global population reaches around 10 billion.

As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus's threat to human ...

Existing antivirals may be less effective against this H5N1 bird flu strain, and prevention measures, such as avoiding raw ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

A new study led by Western researchers is the first to identify a factor that could influence how fast the pocket where human ...