Kerala has quietly made history, with something really tiny. A microbe.It recently became the first in India to officially declare a state microbe — the bacteri ...

Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...

In a recent paper published in Geology, scientists propose that certain kinds of wrinkle structures in sedimentary rock are the remnants of ancient microbial communites, similar to those found in deep ...

Nearly 99% of currency notes changing hands at markets, hospitals, and public settings are contaminated with harmful bacteria ...

Oxygen fills the air today, but for most of Earth’s early history it barely existed. Scientists say the atmosphere did not hold steady oxygen until about 2.

HVAC Contractor Watsonville Releases Health Advisory as Homes Sealed Against Cold Weather WATSONVILLE, CA, UNITED ...

Scientist and cookbook author Nik Sharma weighs in on proper grape storage technique—and why vinegar might be the trick to making them last longer.

An intrepid team of scientists has created ‘smart underwear’ to measure human flatulence in a bid to better understand our ...

In a warming corner of Iceland, tiny soil microbes are quietly rewriting one of Earth’s most fundamental life-support systems ...

The outcrop in Morocco where Associate Professor Rowan Martindale noticed the wrinkle structures formed by microbial communities. Note that the large ripples on the rock slab were formed by turbidity ...

A new study has found bacterial sugars that cause neurodegenerative immune response, providing a mechanism for therapeutic intervention.

While you’re drinking, alcohol causes blood vessels to dilate, bringing blood to the surface of the skin. That’s why people can look flushed and feel warm when they have a cocktail. Dilation is also ...