Your gut microbiome feels intensely personal. It is shaped by what you eat, the medicines you take, your environment and the microbes you encounter. But new genomic research suggests another force ...

Eighteen-year-old Isabel Garcia from Wilmington, North Carolina, has been awarded a $25,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship for ...

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have demonstrated at a molecular level how bacteria in the human gut influence the ...

A new study from Hong Kong reports that some of the microbes found in a range of urban environments are evolving to resist the cleaners we typically use to eliminate them. Just like humans, every city ...

PHILADELPHIA — Deep in the mangrove swamps of the Caribbean lives a giant bacterium with a surprise trick for organizing its DNA. Thiovulum imperiosus wraps its genetic material in membranous fingers, ...

Mississippi awarded more than $104 million in federal rural health grants across 167 projects. Where the money goes and why rural access matters. Community paramedics in rural Virginia visit patients ...

The microorganisms lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 25 July 2019, headed for the International Space Station, some 400 kilometres above. Their mission: to boldly mine basalt, in low Earth ...

Across Appalachia and the Rust Belt region, including throughout the city of Pittsburgh, former industrial sites are being ...

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“We continue to shape our personality all our life.” —Albert Camus The gut-brain axis is a mind-boggling concept. The idea that gut microbes could have something to do with our mood is humbling. Yes, ...