Researchers used five prospective cohorts from the US and China to identify circulating gut microbiota-related metabolites ...

A new study, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Columbia University, identifies a diverse set of ...

Study finds gut microbiota composition may be linked to future cardiometabolic disease and cardiovascular events in a large ...

Our limited understanding of the metabolism of our microbial ancestor is a sizeable gap in our knowledge of how complex life ...

How often do we fart? Turns out, scientists may not be completely sure -- but one new invention is looking to change that.

Back when James Parkinson first described the disorder now known as Parkinson’s disease, he noticed that severe constipation can be a prelude to the signature tremors. In the 208 years since then, ...

After so many years of learning how microbes work, researchers are now digitally recreating their inner workings to tackle challenges ranging from climate change to space colonization. In my work as a ...

A research team reveals that natural humification of crop residues reshapes soil microbial communities, enhancing carbon metabolism while increasing ...

Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the gums, affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is increasingly linked to systemic disorders beyond the oral cavity. Epidemiological ...

A new technology is poised to transform the discovery of microbial species and enzymes with specific in situ metabolic functions. The technology, FISH-scRACS-seq (Fluorescence In Situ ...

Around 2.3 billion years ago, the Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) marked a major turning point in Earth’s history. The increase ...