Move over, joint supplements – there’s a new player in town when it comes to fighting rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Scientists are discovering that those trillions of tiny bacteria living in your gut ...

Every so often, a new study about plastic-eating bacteria gets published in a scientific journal. Shortly thereafter, it flashes across the internet as it gets picked up by a flurry of environmental ...

Most forms of life cannot survive extreme environmental conditions, like excessive temperatures. Likewise, the significant majority of species on our planet have a set lifespan and cannot exist past a ...

Bassler has devoted the last 11 years of her professional life to the study of bacteria. More specifically, she has researched how bacteria interact, and has made the startling discovery that they ...

At ETH Zurich, scientists from many different fields are working on something that seems straight out of science fiction. They are creating materials that are not just built, but alive. These ...

Learn microbiology with this bacteria science kit, which comes equipped with all you need to get started, including pre-packed plates containing agar that are ready to experiment with. It also comes ...