A study of bumble bees has uncovered a potential reason for the insects' decline. By studying bumble bee exposure to ...

By studying bumblebee exposure to particulate air pollutants scientists at the University of Leicester have determined that ...

Trillions of bacteria occupy human bodies – from head to toe, inside and out – forming a microbiome that is as personal as a fingerprint. Each individual’s microbial mix affects digestion, immunity, ...

Once the biofilm-eradication process is complete, the robot gets removed from the body via a laparoscopically-inserted magnet. In lab tests performed on an extracted pig digestive system, the ...

State Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Safety, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China ...

A number of modern diseases could be traced to disturbances in the gut microbiome. Our digestive tract contains some 1.5 kilograms of bacteria. This gut microbiome, long overlooked by doctors ...

Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. Over the past 25 years, microbiome research has evolved into a mature field, expanding beyond individual ...

In a new npj Ocean Sustainability article, ten researchers advocate the use of imagination in tackling the climate crisis. They focus specifically on urbanizing river deltas, which are of great ...

A wealth of carbon-fixation pathways and energy-conservation strategies in the attached microbiome provide evidence for the potential productivity of these biofilms. We identified widespread genetic ...

Microbiomes combine the species and activities of all microorganisms living together in a specific habitat. They comprise unique ecological niches with influences that scale from local to global ...

Despite thousands of microbiome studies, turning these insights into real-world therapies remains a challenge. Now, scientists unveil a step-by-step roadmap to bring microbiome discoveries from ...