To comply, NASA has sought to sanitize Mars rovers at a threshold of no more than 300,000 bacterial spores on any surface.

New research suggests that people with higher levels of a "good" bacteria in their guts also have lower levels of bacteria ...

Nearly 75% of swab samples taken from fitness equipment tested positive for Staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that ...

This is the time of year when we see more people getting sick. When temperatures drop people start spending more time inside.

In biology textbooks, the endoplasmic reticulum is often portrayed as a distinct, compact organelle near the nucleus, and is ...

Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — ...

The gut microbiome, which seems to be affected by our diet, plays an important role in reducing the growth of potentially ...

A new study reveals that close social contacts, such as friends, influence the composition of the microbiota — the community ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that a type of healthy bacteria could prevent weight gain in animals ...