One of these bacteria is particularly neat – it literally eats up the stuff that makes your muscles burn during exercise.

The clearest picture yet of our “last universal common ancestor” suggests it was a relatively complex organism living 4.2 ...

Researchers suggest "one daring idea" would be to apply the concept of habituation to the relationship between cancer and immunity.

Inflamed acne is the opposite of a blackhead, which stays within the pore. With inflammation, acne is red, swollen, and lumpy ...

Many of these beneficial bacteria break down complex molecules in the food we eat into simpler molecules using enzymes that our human cells don’t possess ... Just follow Michael Pollan’s simple wisdom ...

Along with mild soap and small amounts of cold water, baking soda is one of the products that Rogers recommends for cleaning ...

Cranberries may be small, but their health benefits are mighty. They’re rich in polyphenols and bioactive plant compounds ...

Thanksgiving, our biggest day of feast is back! And if you’re cooking, the last thing you want to do is serve your family and ...

Dr Miriam Stoppard delves deep into a new study looking at the way the immune system responds to a fever, which could lead to ...

This cell would have been like today’s bacteria and archaea. Maybe viruslike structures did form before cells. However, those simple viruslike structures might have been just pieces of DNA or RNA, so ...

The poultry industry loses up to $6 billion annually due to necrotic enteritis, a preventable intestinal disease in poultry, including broiler chickens. An Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station ...