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

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 ...

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

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

This study considers microscopic image presentation apparatus that can show both a magnified image and a wide-area image in a microscopic environment based on a view expansion microscopic imaging ...

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.

Cornell researchers have discovered that immune tolerance to gut microbes depends on a bacterial-sensing protein called STING, previously known mainly for triggering inflammation, according to the ...

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 ...

Small non-coding RNA (sRNA) control of gene expression has been shown to play a prominent role in genetic regulation. While the majority of identified bacterial sRNAs exert their control at the ...

Objective The inner mucus layer in mouse colon normally separates bacteria from the epithelium. Do humans have a similar inner mucus layer and are defects in this mucus layer a common denominator for ...