This mercury-containing compound, used as a vaccine preservative, is commonly used in lower-income countries — and deemed ...

In turbulent times, it helps to hear stories of resilience. What can we learn from 3.5 billion-year-old bacteria that eat light?

Researchers analyzed proteins extracted from "How to Cure and Expel All Afflictions and Illnesses of the Human Body" and "A ...

Bacteria can be turned into living factories that churn out complex molecules using reactions catalysed by light 1.

Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New ...

Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing objects with very different properties, including levels of hardness ...

Spoilage bacteria - those that make food look or smell or feel gross - are different than pathogenic bacteria - those that ...

Why do fruits and veggies cause nearly half of foodborne illnesses in the US, and how does that compare to meat and dairy?

A concise guide to the cereulide toxin at the centre of recent infant formula recalls — what it is, how it forms, why it ...

While much effort has focused on avoiding anthrax, history has also seen attempts to explore using the bacterial spores to ...

The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

University of British Columbia researchers have engineered gut bacteria that dim their fluorescent glow in the presence of ...