Scientists may have found a new way to spot early signs of obesity, which could lead to novel prevention strategies. A study ...

Microbes are part of the food we eat and can influence our own microbiome, but we know very little about the microbes in our foods. Now, researchers have developed a database of the 'food microbiome' ...

The microbes living in sourdough starters don’t just appear by chance—they’re shaped by what bakers feed them. New research ...

People have long said that "bread is life." Now, researchers at Tufts University are using the bubbling mixtures of flour and ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around ...

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to ...

Looks like limestone’s on the menu for some unknown microbe.