Disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms has been a major killer throughout history. Our species continued survival has been a source of fascination for people all the way back to prehistory. Over ...

New genetic research has identified a direct causal chain connecting the microorganisms in the human digestive tract to the ...

Electroactive microbes have emerged as key players at the interface of biology, chemistry, and engineering due to their ...

What makes a human body? According to researchers, human cells tell but half the story. The other half involves the myriad of microorganisms that make up the microbiota — “alien” environments all over ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Danielle Nierenberg is a researcher and writer on global food systems. When Mariangela Hungria, the winner of the 2025 World Food ...

A research team led by Nam Ki-taek, a professor at Yonsei University's Medical Life Sciences Department, and Jeong Ha-yeong, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Today, Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist and a deputy director of the ...

There are more than 50,000 different types of microorganisms known to scientists -– and they discover more every year. In a basement laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, two robotocists have ...