Porous and perennially damp, kitchen sponges never stood a chance against the microbes lurking within. The programme Talking ...

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

A natural remedy that has previously helped counter oil spills will be too slow to "do any useful work" if there's a spill in the Canadian Arctic, increasing chances of "catastrophic" harm, ...

The model Kite’s team built was unique in that it captured evolution of the Martian landscape and climate over an extremely ...

Screen-centric lifestyles may be influencing human evolution through impacts on cognition, sleep, reproduction, and the microbiome, reshaping natural selection.

Researchers have identified an enzyme called NrfA that helps bind nitrogen to soil, reducing harmful runoff and fertilizer usage.

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

Root microbiomes contain microbes that help plants survive times of stress and may potentially improve crop yields in ...

Study in mice suggests potential for probiotic treatment. Although previous research has linked pesticide exposure to harmful ...

Two local high schoolers attending the OKStars Summer Research Program each discovered a presumptive new species of microbe.