Hyperthermophilic archaea are true survival experts. They thrive in boiling hot springs and deep-sea vents—environments ...

Scientists have recovered RNA from a mammoth carcass preserved in permafrost for 40,000 years. The ancient molecules reveal details about the creature’s last moments.

A new study uses single-cell transcriptomics from a 12-week clinical trial to reveal how kimchi influences the immune system.

How heat-loving archaea adapt their cellular machinery to survive, and why this may be important for vaccine development. Prof. Dr. Dina Grohmann Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie & Archaeen-Zentrum & ...

Bacteria, viruses and fungi that colonize the body — including some that live directly on eye surfaces — can have an ...

If you live in the United States, odds are high that a tiny passenger rides in your blood. By adulthood, more than 94 percent of people carry Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV, a germ that often spreads ...

Amid concerns about the simultaneous spread of multiple respiratory diseases, such as colds and influenza, with the change of ...

In 2010, researchers in northeastern Siberia stumbled upon a genetic goldmine: the remarkably well-preserved remains of a juvenile woolly mammoth. The animal, named Yuka, died nearly 39,000 years ago, ...

Feeding cows red seaweed triggers a microbial shift that sharply reduces methane emissions, revealing a promising gut-level climate solution.

Most days you move through the world without thinking about the invisible creatures that surround you. Yet one of them, a tiny marine organism called Solarion arienae, is quietly reshaping what you ...

In "Planning Miracles," Jon Cohen chronicles the efforts of scientists and others to eradicate the threat of pandemics.