Rule-breaking genome: PL0344 replaces two stop codons with amino acids, defying the near-universal genetic code. Synthetic biology potential: Its stable double reassignment could guide the design of ...

Scientists study whether Aspergillus calidoustus could survive Mars-like conditions, raising new concerns about microbes in ...

Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are working on a new way to tackle plastic pollution — using bacteria ...

University of California San Diego researchers have developed a new tool for understanding and modifying any microbiome, including the human microbiome. The approach, called Microbial Interaction and ...

A team of scientists is trying to jumpstart a global conservation movement, on par with efforts to save the rainforests or protect the oceans. But it might be even more ambitious because the target of ...

New research from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, published in Nature Microbiology, reveals that when microbes live ...

An international research team has uncovered compelling evidence that gut-microbe-derived molecules may play an important role in shaping the developing immune system during early childhood. The ...

Exposure to antibiotics during a key developmental window in infancy can stunt the growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and may boost risk of diabetes later in life, new research in mice ...

Some scientists suspect that microorganisms can hop between planets by jumping aboard debris kicked up by asteroid strikes. NASA / JPL-Caltech For decades, some of Earth’s brightest scientists have ...

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have found that microbes living in communities actively adjust their behavior in response to one another, reducing competition and enabling ...