Arpita Bose and Zhecheng Zhang explore genetic tools in environmental microbes, citing applications in extracellular electron transfer ...

A new scientific review has uncovered how complex microbial communities, including those in the human gut and the natural environment, act as powerful ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents - and they've shown a possible ...

Life on Earth began simply. For billions of years, tiny microbes ruled the planet. Then, one day in deep time, something changed. Cells gained a nucleus, built inner compartments and learned to ...

Plants do more than photosynthesize - some of them make gold. Scientists in Finland found gold particles inside Norway spruce ...

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Rising cancer rates in young adults reveal lifestyle, diet, and environmental risks, plus strategies to prevent disease early ...

A new study warns modern life may undermine key human survival traits, from fertility to cognition, as environmental ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

An investigation into cellular components in bacteria has unexpectedly uncovered a feature with relevance across many life ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.