Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in extreme environments from deep-sea trenches to mountaintops. Learning more about how these extremophiles survive in hostile conditions could inform scientists ...

Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area known for its rich ore ...

Gut microbiota present one month after birth are good predictors of egg white allergy later in childhood. Among the three enterotypes found in one month old infants. type 3, which was ...

The study hopes to influence building design in the future. Opening the window shades in the morning may not only help the growth of indoor plants or get skin a little dose of vitamin D -- it might ...

Researchers have discovered specific gut bacteria associated with obesity, while some appear to be protective against it. The specific types of bacteria associated with obesity differed between men ...