More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

In many submerged regions, murky mud shelters strange life-forms that seem to be the key to one of the biggest mysteries of life on Earth. These creatures belong to a domain of life called the archaea ...

A new study reveals that age-related changes in the gut microbiota directly impair intestinal stem cell (ISC) function and that restoring a youthful microbial environment can reverse this decline.

We all carry cells from other individuals within us. This discovery, which affects all species with a placenta, is called microchimerism.

Scientists have discovered astonishing microbial diversity deep beneath Earth's surface, which could have implications in the hunt for life on Mars. The study, published in Science Advances, examined ...

The microbiome-the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that live quietly in our body-plays a crucial role in shaping human health by providing a variety of micronutrients necessary for vital ...

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that reveals how microgravity fundamentally ...

A new open-access microbial phenotyping dataset will accelerate AI research and empower the global scientific community The Align Foundation, a nonprofit accelerating predictive biology through ...