It is clearer than ever that brushing and flossing your teeth may not only help prevent periodontal disease but may also ...

The fungus Candida albicans lives in the gut and exacerbates gastrointestinal disease under certain conditions.. (Salt Lake City) - Bacteria's role in gut health has received a lot of attention in ...

A mineral-hogging fungus can “bully” bacteria into becoming more antibiotic resistant, according to new work published June 20 in the journal PLOS Biology by Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists. The ...

For evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers, Ph.D. ’05, winning a 2025 MacArthur fellowship — “genius grant” — came as a total ...

Plastic waste is a major problem around the world. About 7 billion of the 9.2 billion tons of plastic that was generated from 1950 to 1970 became trash and was not recycled. Between 1980 and 2018, the ...

In the Rice DNA Discovery Center, peek directly inside our state-of-the-art genetic research facility, the Pritzker Laboratory for Evolutionary Biology and Molecular Systematics. Scientists are in the ...

New research shows fungi and bacteria able to survive redwood tanoak forest megafires are microbial 'cousins' that often increase in abundance after feeling the flames. New UC Riverside research shows ...

Keanu Reeves has played many roles such as John Wick and Neo — and now he’s also bacteria. Scientists in Germany discovered an effective fungus-killing compound that was so deadly that they named it ...