The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

Researchers from Skoltech and other science centers in Russia have developed a reporter system—a tool for screening potential ...

Salmonella is a common source of food poisoning that leads to potentially life-threatening illnesses, widespread food recalls ...

Researchers discovered an “Achilles’ heel” shared by E. coli, Shigella, and other diarrhea-causing bacteria: enzymes they use to breach the gut’s protective mucus layer. By targeting this common ...

San Francisco is a city known for its fog, the product of warm air drifting in from California’s interior meeting cool, moist air rolling off the Pacific. Low clouds rising off the bay are simply part ...