For astronauts living aboard the International Space Station, constipation is a familiar but poorly understood consequence of spaceflight. A new...

Microbial communities may be carrying a hidden record of the temperatures and nutrient conditions in the environments where they live....

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are exploring an unusual biological strategy to reduce the danger posed by lead exposure:...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have identified a microbiota-derived metabolite that may help repair one...

A new study is putting one of the earliest interventions in human health under the microscope: a synbiotic designed to...

A research team led by Professor Young Seok Cho of Sungkyunkwan University’s School of Medicine, in collaboration with Professor James...

A newborn’s first battle may be shaped by an invisible ecosystem in the gut—and by the balance of two essential...

A one-year field experiment in China has revealed that a carefully combined soil-management strategy can dramatically increase organic carbon in...

Groundwater, the hidden reservoir beneath soils, rocks and sediments, supports drinking-water supplies and agricultural irrigation for billions of people. Yet...

A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium frequently associated with chronic and difficult-to-treat airway...