The "gut microbiome" has become a popular health term in recent years. It's easy to see why, with an abundance of research ...

Conserving the microbes in coral reefs, for example, could greatly benefit the people who live near them. Healthy coral reefs ...

Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are ...

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 ...

Building on work by Hiroyuki Osada’s group, which reported that the antibiotic hygromycin B induced fungal metabolites in one ...

A mushroom farm near Nairobi is producing mycelium for building materials that end up as fungi-based panels, a more ...

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 ...

Scientists link poor oral health to dramatically higher pancreatic cancer risk, emphasizing the importance of regular ...

A common gut fungus could lead to new treatments for one of the world's most common chronic liver disorders, scientists say. Despite the condition's prevalence, only one drug has been approved by the ...

Discover how yellow flag irises and the fungi that grows on their roots could help to remove PFAS from wetlands and in ...