Cigarette smoke is best known for damaging the lungs, triggering inflammatory cascades that can impair breathing and accelerate disease. But...

Plant-based diets can reshape the gut ecosystem, promoting health through a spectrum of fibers and plant-derived compounds. Yet the precise...

Soil is often treated as a simple storage site for carbon, but a new study suggests it is better understood...

Persistent herbicide residues can linger in agricultural soils long after application, where they disrupt microbial communities, impair nutrient cycling, reduce...

New research is reshaping how clinicians think about lower urinary tract disorders by challenging the long-held assumption that urine is...

A new study is spotlighting an ambitious goal for gut-health precision medicine: figuring out which dietary fibers selectively encourage beneficial...

Litchi fruit can deteriorate within days after harvest, with rapid spoilage driven largely by fungal infection and peel browning. Traditional...

A new viral science release from researchers in Costa Rica links coffee plantations to a previously underappreciated ecological phenomenon: fungal...

Akkermansia muciniphila, the gut bacterium often linked to metabolic and immune balance, has long intrigued researchers because it thrives on...

The Great Barrier Reef is not only a habitat for corals and fish—it also harbors a vast, invisible microbial community...