Microbial bioelectronic sensors use living bacteria that can create an electrical signal in response to the presence of a ...

A high-fat diet can cause the intestinal lining to weaken, allowing live gut bacteria to travel directly to the brain in mice ...

Living bacteria generate electrical signals in a new hydrogel sensor that can detect substances in liquids like milk.

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic ...

Three species of bacteria in combination are capable of breaking down PAE diethyl phthalate, an important component in plastic pollution. Yet none of the three can do the same thing in isolation to ...

The approach harnesses the power of bacteria to transform post-consumer plastic into L-DOPA, a frontline medication for the neurological disorder.

Keeleigh Goodwin, 21, is hospitalized but "improving" after contracting the infectious disease ...

An unprecedented outbreak of meningitis B has spread quickly in the county of Kent in the United Kingdom. The bacteria that ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have engineered a common gut bacterium to carry a chemotherapy prodrug ...

Deep beneath the Balkans, a massive sulfur-fed cave hosts a colony of 111,000 spiders in one shared web, defying typical ...

The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is considered the most impressive reptile of our time. But the more researchers study ...