I never eat bagged salads, largely because one of my research areas is fresh salad safety. It has been found that bagged ...

Scientists discovered three new species of sea spiders that live near the ocean floor and feast on bacteria that convert ...

The City of Ephrata’s Well 3 should be back up and running today, as long as the bacteria test results return from the lab negative, according to Public Works Director Rob Harris. “If water quality ...

A better understanding of human smell is emerging as scientists interrogate its fundamental elements: the odor molecules that ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Acne is a common skin condition that affects up to 50 million Americans each year.

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon capture technology. The company says its patented particles grow algae ...

An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until they are excreted, new study finds.

If an intestinal inhabitant such as the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) becomes resistant to many antibiotics, it can ...

It's all too easy to miss these germ hotspots when you're tackling your house cleaning, but what are they, and how should you ...

From fecal transplants to phage cocktails, scientists reveal how gut viruses could unlock precision medicine for digestive diseases and beyond.