Microbes are usually cast as villains, yet most of the microscopic life on and around us is quietly keeping us alive. From the bacteria lining your gut to the organisms drifting in city air, these ...

Experts build database of "salutogenic potential" revealing how hidden microbes and natural compounds help keep us healthy.

New research from reveals that the gut microbiome regulates the body's diurnal (day-night) rhythms in stress hormones. Depletion of gut microbiota results in disruptions in the brain's core circadian ...

A large study shows how everyday food choices shape gut bacteria linked to weight, blood sugar, and overall health.

Many everyday chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria and potentially fuel antibiotic resistance, prompting calls to ...

A new study has discovered that a type of bacteria commonly found in the body, which usually does not pose problems for healthy people, plays a significant role in causing stomach cancer, the fifth ...

Illinois researchers combined microbiology with microfluidic device technology to find that when antibiotics are delivered by flowing fluids, as would be the case in the body, they are more effective ...

A new study has discovered that a type of bacteria commonly found in the body, which usually does not pose problems for healthy people, plays a significant role in causing stomach cancer, the fifth ...

The microbial community in the human gut plays a central role in various diseases. An important form of chemical communication between the gut microbiome and the human body comes from small molecules ...

Science is full of happy little accidents, as Anthony St Leger and his research team have learnt. They were trying to study the microorganisms that live on the surfaces of the eyes of mice, but were ...

Janosch Heller receives funding from the Irish Research Council (IRCLA/2022/3828). The microbes that live in your gut are having their moment in the sun. Even if you haven’t been following the ...

Is “My microbes made me do it” a valid legal defense? A few years ago, a Belgian man in his 30s drove into a lamppost. Twice. Local authorities found that his blood alcohol level was four times the ...