All that stands between the continued existence of modern life and total societal collapse is the mutation of some virus, microbe, or perhaps even

A group of Belgian researchers has discovered that the yeast used to brew beer today started its life more than 500 years ago, and it's our lo

Last week, the ExCeL arena in London hosted New Scientist Live, a huge festival of science and technology.

One question underlies the race for a Zika vaccine: What is this virus, exactly, and how does it work?

This year, one firm began to sell a kit for £100 to DIY biology interest groups that allowed them to render the common soil microbe, E coli, resist

These results show that it is possible to turn a swallowed microbe into a permanent part of the gut, and they hint at the type of factors that make

When the jeans heat back up to room temperature, they'll just start to smell again, according to research by microbe experts.

The research, published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, may help explain why babies children born with to mother who have had the virus can

The research, published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, may help explain why babies born to mothers who have had the virus can have smaller

As per ESA, the traces of ancient Martians, albeit in microbe form, may be protected by volcanic ash remains in the form of a dark cap rock.

But a campaign is now vital. Soil is critical to much of our food.

It is easy to forget that much of our cities—the sidewalks, buildings, bridges, and runways—are made from the world's most common building mat

With this new study they’ve discovered another key microbe, a fungus called Candida tropicalis, that works in tandem with the aforementioned bacter

The book described the impact of a deadly microbe strain delivered to earth from space via a military satellite.

The book described the impact of a deadly microbe strain delivered to earth from space via a military satellite.

[New study on Otzi the Iceman reveals humanity's intimate affair with one microbe] They already know quite a lot.

Plant scientists have shown for the first time how an ancient crop teams up with a beneficial microbe to protect against a devastating fungal infec

Limited oxygen increases the production of microbe-made methane in the oceans.

The findings, reported in Cell Host & Microbe, could offers an approach to prevents chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs) A urinary tract inf

University of Guelph plant scientists have shown for the first time how an ancient crop teams up with a beneficial microbe to protect against a dev

An example of a microbe that is typically handled in a BSL-1 is a nonpathogenic strain of E. coli.

The relationship of fecal microbe diversity was then studied with six measures of obesity, which included body-mass index (BMI), upper to lower bod

Get unlimited access starting at just $2.99 a month, and for our audience, the first two months are completely free if you sign up at curiositystre

Another explanation is the increasing microbe activity of ocean-consuming organisms, as brought by a cooling ocean.