Decades of research has shown promise for using microbiome science to solve several problems facing agriculture, but these findings have not yet been translated to practical recommendations for ...

Animals and microbes sustain ecosystems, food systems and climate stability. Their decline threatens global resilience and demands urgent human alignment with nature.

The study of fossilized resin stones containing several creatures allowed scientists to recreate the interactions between ...

New research has found that at-home gut microbiome tests lack standardization, resulting in different results from the same ...

Scientists are still trying to identify what a healthy gut microbiome looks like, but new research may offer a clue.

US companies providing gut-microbiome home-testing kits can give consumers very different results. That’s the finding of researchers from the University of Maryland and the National Institute of ...

Sweat rarely smells on its own. Body odour develops when bacteria on the skin break down compounds in sweat and release volatile chemicals that evaporate into the air.

Researchers have invented a new vaccine that protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens – the closest yet ...

Two nutrition experts compare Britain’s favourite hot beverages to find out which is most beneficial for our overall health ...

According to food biologist Evelyne Selberherr, there is a great diversity of microbes in refrigerators in Vienna. On the shelves, she discovered thousands of types of fungi and bacteria, including ...

Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming harder to treat, pushing scientists to look for new antibiotic targets. Researchers have now discovered that several unrelated viruses disable a key bacterial ...