Kidney stones have plagued humans since antiquity, yet despite our long history with them, we've apparently overlooked a key detail about the most common type, a new study finds. According to the new ...

There's more than one bacterial culprit for a disease that's been eating away at elk hooves in the Pacific Northwest. A new ...

Today, honey sits in most kitchen cupboards as a perfectly ordinary pantry staple. But honey has never entirely shed its ...

The discovery of Psychrobacter SC65A.3, isolated from the Scărişoara Ice Cave in Romania, is both a blessing and a curse.

Researchers have developed a targeted approach to combat periodontitis without disrupting the natural balance of the oral ...

Researchers have discovered and characterized at the atomic level a mechanism that enables bacterial pathogens—including ...

Scientists have uncovered an elegant biophysical trick that tuberculosis-causing bacteria use to survive inside human cells, a discovery that could lead to new strategies for fighting one of the world ...

Scientists have engineered bacteria that thrive inside tumors, using oxygen sensing to destroy cancer from within.

An advisory has been issued for Blacks Beach in La Jolla due to elevated bacteria levels, and water in the area should be ...