Kidney stones have plagued humans since antiquity, yet despite our long history with them, we've apparently overlooked a key detail about the most common type, a new study finds. According to the new ...

The agency’s tests do not track a separate and rare bacterium called Vibrio, which has spiked in 2025 across the region.

In a cave in Romania, scientists found a bacterial strain entombed in ice that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. But it may also help fight superbugs.

For the first time, researchers measured the magnetic pull inside a single bacterium, turning a biological mystery into hard ...

Today, honey sits in most kitchen cupboards as a perfectly ordinary pantry staple. But honey has never entirely shed its ...

Researchers have developed a targeted approach to combat periodontitis without disrupting the natural balance of the oral ...

Whether it’s the ocean’s deepest hydrothermal vents or tall mountain peaks, bacteria is likely surviving and thriving. Ice caves can host a wide variety of microorganisms and offer biologists a bevy ...

Scientists have engineered bacteria that thrive inside tumors, using oxygen sensing to destroy cancer from within.

Scientists have found that a common bacterium that usually lives in the mouth can help stomach cancer grow by feeding tumors with a substance they use as fuel. The discovery suggests that this ...

A research team led by the University of Waterloo is developing a novel tool to treat cancer by engineering hungry bacteria to literally eat tumors from the inside out. "Bacteria spores enter the ...

Studying ancient microbes like this one is risky research, but it can also reveal novel biological mechanisms that inspire ...

Scientists have found a way to use common bacteria as tiny, green chemical factories to replace a process that currently ...