Scientists at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia have described two new species of fungi, Peziza austroechinospora and Peziza meridionalis with the assistance of DNA sequencing, highlighting ...

Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine are studying C. diff at multiple levels, from how individual bacterial cells behave inside the gut to the molecular switches that help them survive ...

For more than three decades, indoor air quality professionals have used spore trap cassettes -- small air-sampling devices that collect mold spores and other airborne particles for laboratory analysis ...

Bees that exhibit hygienic behavior are better able to resist infections, a finding that could transform the fight against disease.

Scientists are developing cancer-eating bacteria designed to grow inside oxygen-free tumors and attack cancer from within.

These are both liquid and frozen water droplets. They are at the same temperature, but the frozen droplets contain an ice nucleator. Credit: Boris Vinatzer. You might think water automatically turns ...

The question of origins has long bedevilled the study of pandemics. In pre-modern times, outbreaks of infectious disease were ...

Poison Ivy is the least of Batman's worries.

Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or ...

Due to globalization, an aquatic fungus threatens to decimate an increasing number of amphibian species across the world.

Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or "forever chemicals," according to a new investigation.

Mold, staling and lipid oxidation are the most common ways that the shelf life of baked goods is cut short. Ingredient ...