In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

From asteroids the size of football stadiums to nuclear war and man-made pandemics, it can seem as if humankind is in ...

The National Museum of Health and Medicine is located on the Fort Detrick-Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, making it ...

Microscopic heist: How lung bacteria forge weapons to steal iron and survive Newly discovered natural compounds from Pandoraea bacteria influence the lung microbiome by competing for iron Date ...

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague ...

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

Our skin supports a wide variety of life, including fungi, tiny mites in our eyelash follicles, and several types of bacteria. Here is a microscopic view of these tiny creatures from the documentary ...

Astronomers detect 10 billion-year-old radio waves from a distant galaxy cluster SpARCS1049, revealing a mini-halo that suggests black holes or cosmic collisions energize galaxies.

A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has ...

Parke, Davis Research Laboratory Records. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights ...